Tube strike: Journeys down 90% during August walkout

Journeys on the London Underground fell by 90% compared to the previous week during Friday's Tube strike.

Transport for London (TfL) also said bus trips stood at 87% of pre-pandemic levels.

Tube staff from the RMT union held a 24-hour strike. Bus drivers with Unite and London United also walked out.

Rental e-scooter journeys were up 75% on the previous week while the numbers using the cycle hire scheme in central London rose by 32%, TfL figures showed.

It was the fifth time RMT members had walked out for 24 hours this year in a dispute over jobs.

As it happened: Strikes bring much of London transport to a halt

Transport bosses urged people to only travel if essential as most of the Tube network was unable to operate throughout the day during the fifth 24-hour walkout of the year.

A shuttle service operated in parts of greater London but no stations in zone one were able to open.

A total of 63 bus routes were affected in west and south-west London, as well as parts of Surrey, as bus drivers held a 48-hour walkout.

There were long queues for buses in parts of the capital during rush hour, and for taxis outside some major stations throughout the day.

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