Members of the RMT and Unite unions are striking today, along with some of their Overground colleagues, closing large parts of the Tube network for the day
"This government-led assault on staff will be disastrous, as no other comparable urban transport system in the world operates without financial support from central government to ensure good and reliable services.
"All these strikes are doing is hurting those people the unions claim to represent, many of whom will again be out of pocket and forced to miss a day's work. Passengers using national rail services today will be left feeling the hangover of Thursday's strikes, with the network having to catch up to get trains where they need to be before resuming journeys.
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