The RMT has suspended planned strikes by London Underground workers after reaching an improved pay offer. 

Members of the trade union were due to take industrial action on Friday evening (November 1) and on several days until November 8 in a dispute over pay. 

However, commuters still face turmoil on the Tube as strikes by members of the drivers’ union Aslef next week and later in the month are still scheduled to go ahead.

Transport for London has warned that there will be “little to no service” on London Underground lines on Thursday 7 November and on Tuesday 12 November.

Read on for details about the strike action:

• When were the strikes due to take place?
• Which lines will be affected?
• Why are Tube drivers going on strike?
• Is there a chance that the strikes will not go ahead?

When were the strikes due to take place?

Strikes by the Aslef unions will run on various dates from Nov 1 until Nov 12.

Nov 1-2

Aslef engineering drivers will not book on for 24 hours from 6pm on Nov 1.

Nov 7

Aslef train drivers and management grades will go on strike. Transport for London said that no Tube services are expected. 

Nov 12

Aslef said train drivers and management grades will strike on Nov 12.

Transport for London warned there will be “severe disruption” on the Tube on this day, with “little to no service expected”. It said that any services that run are expected to “start late and finish early”.

Which lines will be affected?

Transport for London has warned of little to no Tube services on strike days. 

Other TfL services, including the London Overground and the DLR, are not on strike but could be disrupted by station closures.

Why are Tube drivers going on strike?

Aslef, the smaller of two unions representing Tube drivers, rejected an inflation-topping 3.8pc pay increase offer from Transport for London (TfL).

Finn Brennan, Aslef’s full-time organiser on London Underground, said: “We don’t want to go on strike – we don’t want to make travelling in and around the capital more difficult for passengers and we don’t want to lose a day’s pay – but we have been forced into this position because LU management won’t sit down properly and negotiate with us.

“Our members voted by over 98pc in favour of strike action, but Underground management are still refusing to even discuss key elements of our claim.

“They refuse to discuss any reduction in the working week or introducing paid meal relief to bring Underground drivers in line with those on the Elizabeth line and London Overground.”