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Members of Aslef on London Underground's Central line will walk out for 24 hours. Photograph: Alex Segre / Rex Features
Members of Aslef on London Underground's Central line will walk out for 24 hours. Photograph: Alex Segre / Rex Features

London Underground drivers to strike on Friday

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Services on the Central and Waterloo & City lines, used by almost a million passengers a day, will be 'severely disrupted'

Almost a million commuters and visitors to London face travel chaos on Friday because of a strike by tube drivers.

Members of Aslef on London Underground's Central line will walk out for 24 hours. The Waterloo & City line will also be affected.

LU has warned that services on the two lines, used by almost a million passengers a day, will be "severely disrupted".

Parts or all of both lines may be suspended and any trains that do run will be at reduced frequency, with no trains running early in the morning or late at night.

Nigel Holness, LU's operations director, said: "We will have staff and volunteers across the network to help customers with their journeys but I advise people to plan ahead and check before they travel."

Finn Brennan, of Aslef, said: "This dispute has been brought about by management intransigence on a range of issues, but at its heart is management's refusal to treat drivers with the respect and dignity they deserve at work.

"Our members will not tolerate a situation where vulnerable people leave sickness review meetings in tears and drivers with years of good and long service are threatened with disciplinary action for a delay of 33 seconds in leaving a terminus."

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