Londoners were hit with fresh travel disruption on Thursday as the first strike on the Elizabeth line paralysed services.
No trains are running throughout the day in the central section of the line between Abbey Wood and Paddington a result of Thursday’s walkout by members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and Prospect.
The Elizabeth line is operating as separate railways on the east and west of the line, but passengers were warned there may be short-notice alterations or cancellations.
Tube passengers reported busier-than-usual trains as hundreds of thousands of people sought other mean of getting around.
Transport for London (TfL) warned customers to expect travel disruption, saying it was doing everything it could to reduce the impact of the strike and was working with operator MTR-Elizabeth line to run as many services as possible.
The disruption will extend to Friday morning with no trains running on the central section before 7.30am and a normal service not expected until 9am.
The strike over pay is the first industrial action on the line since it opened last May.
