Strikes on the Tube next week

If you are thinking of using the Tube next week then think very carefully about it!

From 1800 on Monday until 1800 Thursday workers for Metronet are going on strike over the uncertainty of their future now that Metronet are into Administration (not quite a detailed synopsis of why, but I can't be arsed to bore you with the detail)!

This will affect you in the following way:

Monday: No services expected to run after 1900 on Met, H&C, District, Circle, Bakerloo, Central, Victoria, Waterloo & City and East London Lines. You shoud look to start your journey home by the latest 1700 if you want to actually get home.

Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines should run a full service.

Tue/Wed & Thu: Trains will only run on the Jubilee, Northern & Piccadilly Lines. These lines are expected to suffer from severe overcrowding throughout all three days and you should allow some extra time to complete your journey as a result.

I don't see the logic in this strike - If Metronet are going to continue in some form beyond administration then this can't possibly help the cause.

The Mayor must be secretly laughing as I think he will get his wish and all the PPP activities that Metronet do will come back in house a bit in the style that happened when railtrack ceased to exist and Network Rail was born. I do however wonder in the long term how doing this will affect the modernisation of some of the Metronet accountable lines though.