From Docklands 24:
Bus passengers are set for more disruption as plans have been revealed for a 48-hour drivers' strike. The 2,500 workers from the East London Bus and Coach Company will be on strike from 3am on Friday (November 20) to 3am on Sunday...The Unite union behind the strike has blamed it on the failings of London Mayor Boris Johnson and "vanity projects" like the abolition of bendy buses and the design competition for a new Routemaster. The row comes after transport bosses tried to impose a pay freeze for bus company staff.
This is going to hit a lot of routes, starting from just about now as I type. They are:
5, 8, 15, 25, 26, 30, 48, 55, 56, 62, 69, 86, 97 101, 103, 104, 106, 115, 145, 147, 158, 169, 175, 205, 230, 238, 241, 247, 257, 262, 276, 277, 287, 294, 296, 300, 325, 330, 366, 369, 376, 387, 396, 473, 496, D3, N8, N15, N26, N55, N86 and N550.
TfL has more. Meanwhile, continuing Tube upgrade work will mean the weekend part closure of the Jubilee, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan, Circle and Central lines.
This is, of course, a bummer. But my perspective on the upgrade work has been richly broadened by spending most of last night in the tunnel between Bond Street and Oxford Circus stations watching the teams of Track Alliance re-placing old sleepers and track amid smoke, flame, dust and the low, ghostly glow of portable lights. It was an education and the experience will be captured for your delectation in a Guardian film before too long.
Have a walking weekend.
