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- 24 hour strike begins at 04:00 05/02/2015
- 94% of routes affected.
- Unite strike over pay inequality
19:00 – We wish the best of luck to anyone trying to make their way home tonight. Be sure to come back to the site for all the latest news in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets. This is ELL signing off, thanks for visiting.
18:50 – Just another queue in the freezing cold:
Queuing to enter the tube at Oxford Circus. #busstrike pic.twitter.com/ADhSAAJrJk
— tom brisley (@tombrisley) February 5, 2015
18:40 – The queues continue…
18:37 – Less than 25 minutes to go on ELL’s live blog and still no mention from Boris…
18:26 – Taxi marshals deployed at following station: Charing Cross, Euston, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, North Greenwich, Stratford, Victoria and Waterloo
18:16 – Tweet us your experiences and photos of the strike @eastlondonlines
18:10 – The following buses are still running:
- 66 – Romford Station to Leytonstone bus station
- 142 – Watford Junction to Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- 160 – Catford to Sidcup Station
- 258 – Watford Junction to South Harrow Station
- 268 – Golders Green Station to Finchley Road
- 288 – Queensbury to Broadfields Estate
- 298 – Arnos Grove to Potters Bar
- 303 – Edgware Station to Colindale
- 305 – Edgware Station to Kingsbury Circle
- 340 – Edgware Station to Harrow Bus Station
- 346 – Upminster Station to Upminster Park Estate
- 370 – Romford to Lakeside Shopping Centre
- 375 – Romford Station to Passingford Bridge
- 404 – Coulsdon to Caterham-on-the-Hill
- 406 – Kingston to Epsom
- 411 – Kingston to West Molsey
- 418 – Kingston to Epsom
- 428 – Erith to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 463 – Coulsdon South Station to Pollards Hill
- 465 – Kingston to Dorking
- 467 – Hook to Epsom
- 470 – Colliers Wood Station to Epsom
- 492 – Sidcup Station to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 499 – Gallows Corner to Heath Park Estate
- 626 – Finchley Central Station to Potters Bar
- 628 – Kingsbury to Southgate Station
- 631 – Golders Green Station to Henrietta Barnett School
- 641 – West Molesey to Teddington School
- 642 – West Hendon Broadway/Edgware Station to London Academy
- 653 – Muswell Hill Broadway to Kingsbury
- 683 – Friern Barnet to Kingsbury
- 688 – Southgate Station to Kingsbury
- B12 – Erith to Joydens Wood
- B13 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to New Eltham Station
- B15 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to Horn Park
- E10 – Northolt to Ealing Broadway Station
- H2 – Golders Green Station circular (via Hampstead Garden Suburb)
- H3 – Golders Green Station to East Finchley, Hilltop
- H18 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Pinner & Wealdstone)
- H19 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Wealdstone & Pinner)
- K5 – Ham to Morden Station
- S1 – Banstead to Lavender Fields
- S3 – Sutton Hospital to Malden Manor Station
- X26 – West Croydon to Heathrow Airport
18:07 – 10,000 ‘Boris Bikes’ redeployed in areas most affected by the strike.
18:05 – Unite’s message:
Time to end the chaos on London’s bus network – one fare for passengers, why not one rate for drivers? #BusStrike pic.twitter.com/NAt9vvnrGH — Unite the union (@unitetheunion) February 5, 2015
18:00 – 1 hour left of the live blog. Check back here for regular travel updates. We hope your commute is going to plan… 17:48 –
Photo: just hopped on an old school double decker bus!!!! #doubledeckerbus #oldschool #london #busstrike… http://t.co/PnuN2fEeWQ — d93xKAI (@d93xPhotography) February 5, 2015
17:36 -BBC London reports 47% of bus services across London are running according to TFL compared to 30% during the last 24 hour strike…
17:30 – Hugo Pierre (Poplar and Limehouse) said:‘The establishment parties have all failed to sort out the problems in London’s transport system and bus drivers are at the bottom of their list. Bus drivers can work up to 90 hours a week and be paid 5 different rates for driving the same route. They have our full support in their campaign for equal pay, it’s a shame our current MPs aren’t prepared to stand with them too.’
17:25 – Currently a good service on all Tube, DLR and Overground lines.
17:22 – Glyn Robbins (Bethnal Green and Bow) said: “My dad was a bus driver in east London for 27 years so I was proud to support today’s strike by Unite members at Bow bus garage. Privatisation was just starting when dad retired and he predicted it would lead to attacks on pay and conditions. He was right. TUSC argues that we need to take vital public services like transport back into public ownership.”
17:18 – What are Unite saying? Unite regional officer Wayne King said: “All we are asking for is a collective forum to discuss how we can end pay disparities over a sensible time frame.” “To suggest this is unlawful is misinformed and to suggest fares may rise when the capital’s bus operators are making combined profits of £171.7 million per year is misleading. TfL’s interference is failing passengers and the men and women who keep London’s buses on the road.”
17:15 – Leon Daniels from TfL said: “It’s not a matter for TfL to step in on. For the last 20 years, we’ve run a brilliant bus service as a result of local pay negotiation between the local drivers and their employers.”
17:10 – Members of Unite want an end to salary differences between firms that can see staff salaries differ from £17,000 to £25,000.
17:08 –
Literally a storm brewing behind the picket line at Hackney bus garage #BusStrike pic.twitter.com/0EopNGrgAL — Elli Narewska (@ElliNarewska) February 5, 2015
17:00 – Customers with Bus and Tram pass season tickets will be able to use it on the Tube, DLR and overground services.
16:57 – Thames Clipper are running extra services until 19:00
16:52 – Buses that are running are:
- 66 – Romford Station to Leytonstone bus station
- 142 – Watford Junction to Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- 160 – Catford to Sidcup Station
- 258 – Watford Junction to South Harrow Station
- 268 – Golders Green Station to Finchley Road
- 288 – Queensbury to Broadfields Estate
- 298 – Arnos Grove to Potters Bar
- 303 – Edgware Station to Colindale
- 305 – Edgware Station to Kingsbury Circle
- 340 – Edgware Station to Harrow Bus Station
- 346 – Upminster Station to Upminster Park Estate
- 370 – Romford to Lakeside Shopping Centre
- 375 – Romford Station to Passingford Bridge
- 404 – Coulsdon to Caterham-on-the-Hill
- 406 – Kingston to Epsom
- 411 – Kingston to West Molsey
- 418 – Kingston to Epsom
- 428 – Erith to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 463 – Coulsdon South Station to Pollards Hill
- 465 – Kingston to Dorking
- 467 – Hook to Epsom
- 470 – Colliers Wood Station to Epsom
- 492 – Sidcup Station to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 499 – Gallows Corner to Heath Park Estate
- 626 – Finchley Central Station to Potters Bar
- 628 – Kingsbury to Southgate Station
- 631 – Golders Green Station to Henrietta Barnett School
- 641 – West Molesey to Teddington School
- 642 – West Hendon Broadway/Edgware Station to London Academy
- 653 – Muswell Hill Broadway to Kingsbury
- 683 – Friern Barnet to Kingsbury
- 688 – Southgate Station to Kingsbury
- B12 – Erith to Joydens Wood
- B13 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to New Eltham Station
- B15 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to Horn Park
- E10 – Northolt to Ealing Broadway Station
- H2 – Golders Green Station circular (via Hampstead Garden Suburb)
- H3 – Golders Green Station to East Finchley, Hilltop
- H18 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Pinner & Wealdstone)
- H19 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Wealdstone & Pinner)
- K5 – Ham to Morden Station
- S1 – Banstead to Lavender Fields
- S3 – Sutton Hospital to Malden Manor Station
- X26 – West Croydon to Heathrow Airport
16:50 – Welcome back to ELL’s live blog bringing you all the latest travel updates regarding the bus strike.
09:45 – Hope everyone made it to where they needed to be today. Join us LIVE for more travel updates from 16:30
09:30 – Members of Unite want an end to salary differences between firms that can see staff salaries differ from £17,000 to £25,000.
09:10 – Currently no word from Boris…
08:57 – Good service on all Tube, DLR and Overground services.
08:57 – Five hours in. Six million Londoners thought to be affected by strike yet 47% of buses said to be running by TFL.
08:47 – Thames Clipper running services until 10:00 this morning and from 16:00-19:00 this evening.
08:35 – If your morning bus service is run by any of the following the Tube, Thames Clipper or ‘Boris Bike’ might be your best bet:
- Abellio London and Abellio West London
- Arriva North and Arriva South
- CT Plus (Hackney Community Transport)
- Go Ahead (Blue Triangle, Docklands, London General, London Central, Metrobus)
- London Sovereign
- London United
- Metroline and Metroline West
- Stagecoach (East London Bus & Coach Company, Selkent)
- Tower Transit
08:32 – Buses that are running:
- 66 – Romford Station to Leytonstone bus station
- 142 – Watford Junction to Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- 160 – Catford to Sidcup Station
- 258 – Watford Junction to South Harrow Station
- 268 – Golders Green Station to Finchley Road
- 288 – Queensbury to Broadfields Estate
- 298 – Arnos Grove to Potters Bar
- 303 – Edgware Station to Colindale
- 305 – Edgware Station to Kingsbury Circle
- 340 – Edgware Station to Harrow Bus Station
- 346 – Upminster Station to Upminster Park Estate
- 370 – Romford to Lakeside Shopping Centre
- 375 – Romford Station to Passingford Bridge
- 404 – Coulsdon to Caterham-on-the-Hill
- 406 – Kingston to Epsom
- 411 – Kingston to West Molsey
- 418 – Kingston to Epsom
- 428 – Erith to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 463 – Coulsdon South Station to Pollards Hill
- 465 – Kingston to Dorking
- 467 – Hook to Epsom
- 470 – Colliers Wood Station to Epsom
- 492 – Sidcup Station to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 499 – Gallows Corner to Heath Park Estate
- 626 – Finchley Central Station to Potters Bar
- 628 – Kingsbury to Southgate Station
- 631 – Golders Green Station to Henrietta Barnett School
- 641 – West Molesey to Teddington School
- 642 – West Hendon Broadway/Edgware Station to London Academy
- 653 – Muswell Hill Broadway to Kingsbury
- 683 – Friern Barnet to Kingsbury
- 688 – Southgate Station to Kingsbury
- B12 – Erith to Joydens Wood
- B13 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to New Eltham Station
- B15 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to Horn Park
- E10 – Northolt to Ealing Broadway Station
- H2 – Golders Green Station circular (via Hampstead Garden Suburb)
- H3 – Golders Green Station to East Finchley, Hilltop
- H18 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Pinner & Wealdstone)
- H19 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Wealdstone & Pinner)
- K5 – Ham to Morden Station
- S1 – Banstead to Lavender Fields
- S3 – Sutton Hospital to Malden Manor Station
- X26 – West Croydon to Heathrow Airport
08:25 – There’s plenty of pickets across the capital today. Tweet us your pictures and experiences of the strike today @eastlondonlines
08:10 – TFL claim it’s not up to them…
Leon Daniels from TfL said: “It’s not a matter for TfL to step in on.
“For the last 20 years, we’ve run a brilliant bus service as a result of local pay negotiation between the local drivers and their employers.”
08:00 – A bus strike and snow, could Thursday get much worse?
07:55 – BBC London reports 47% of bus services across London are running according to TFL compared to 30% during the last 24 hour strike…
07:43 – What are Unite saying? Unite regional officer Wayne King said: “All we are asking for is a collective forum to discuss how we can end pay disparities over a sensible time frame.
“To suggest this is unlawful is misinformed and to suggest fares may rise when the capital’s bus operators are making combined profits of £171.7 million per year is misleading. TfL’s interference is failing passengers and the men and women who keep London’s buses on the road.”
07:31 – Only around 40 bus services running today, however there are more bikes and boats available.
07:29 – There are additional Thames Clippers services on RB1 River Bus services between Woolwich and Embankment pier during both rush hours.
07:24 – Customers with Bus and Tram pass season tickets will be able to use it on the Tube, DLR and overground services.
07:16 – 10,000 Boris bikes to be redistributed around where they are needed most.
07:00 – 94% of bus routes affected today. However there are a number still running, these are:
- 66 – Romford Station to Leytonstone bus station
- 142 – Watford Junction to Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- 160 – Catford to Sidcup Station
- 258 – Watford Junction to South Harrow Station
- 268 – Golders Green Station to Finchley Road
- 288 – Queensbury to Broadfields Estate
- 298 – Arnos Grove to Potters Bar
- 303 – Edgware Station to Colindale
- 305 – Edgware Station to Kingsbury Circle
- 340 – Edgware Station to Harrow Bus Station
- 346 – Upminster Station to Upminster Park Estate
- 370 – Romford to Lakeside Shopping Centre
- 375 – Romford Station to Passingford Bridge
- 404 – Coulsdon to Caterham-on-the-Hill
- 406 – Kingston to Epsom
- 411 – Kingston to West Molsey
- 418 – Kingston to Epsom
- 428 – Erith to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 463 – Coulsdon South Station to Pollards Hill
- 465 – Kingston to Dorking
- 467 – Hook to Epsom
- 470 – Colliers Wood Station to Epsom
- 492 – Sidcup Station to Bluewater Shopping Centre
- 499 – Gallows Corner to Heath Park Estate
- 626 – Finchley Central Station to Potters Bar
- 628 – Kingsbury to Southgate Station
- 631 – Golders Green Station to Henrietta Barnett School
- 641 – West Molesey to Teddington School
- 642 – West Hendon Broadway/Edgware Station to London Academy
- 653 – Muswell Hill Broadway to Kingsbury
- 683 – Friern Barnet to Kingsbury
- 688 – Southgate Station to Kingsbury
- B12 – Erith to Joydens Wood
- B13 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to New Eltham Station
- B15 – Bexleyheath Shopping Centre to Horn Park
- E10 – Northolt to Ealing Broadway Station
- H2 – Golders Green Station circular (via Hampstead Garden Suburb)
- H3 – Golders Green Station to East Finchley, Hilltop
- H18 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Pinner & Wealdstone)
- H19 – Harrow Bus Station circular (via Wealdstone & Pinner)
- K5 – Ham to Morden Station
- S1 – Banstead to Lavender Fields
- S3 – Sutton Hospital to Malden Manor Station
- X26 – West Croydon to Heathrow Airport
06:56 – 26,000 staff on strike today with over 6,000,000 Londoners thought to be affected.
06:52 – Tfl are putting taxi marshals in place at Charing Cross, Euston, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, North Greenwich, Stratford, Victoria and Waterloo.
06:48 – a great tool to check if your route is running or not http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk/
06:47 – To add insult to injury this morning the Piccadilly line is facing severe delays.
06:45 – Only 20 bus routes running across the capital
06:40 – If your route is run by on the following operators, there will be severe delays:
- Abellio London and Abellio West London
- Arriva North and Arriva South
- CT Plus (Hackney Community Transport)
- Go Ahead (Blue Triangle, Docklands, London General, London Central, Metrobus)
- London Sovereign
- London United
- Metroline and Metroline West
- Stagecoach (East London Bus & Coach Company, Selkent)
- Tower Transit
06:37 – Today is the first of three 24 hour strikes, with the other two taking place on February 13 and 16.
06:30 – Good Morning EastLondonLines, we’ll be brining you all of the latest travel information from today’s strike do you can get where you need to be.
