A 48-hour tube strike planned by London Underground station staff from this weekend has been called off.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said on Friday that the action had been suspended following “significant progress” in talks with LU management.
The planned action was part of a prolonged dispute over the closure of ticket offices and job losses.
Transport for London had expected to run trains but had warned that many stations could be closed from Saturday night until Tuesday morning.
Earlier on Friday, the RMT announced another series of walkouts by tube maintenance staff, which are not expected to cause such widespread disruption to services.
About 1,500 maintenance workers will stage seven 24-hour strikes over four months starting on Friday 12 February from 6.30am, over “basic safety issues”.
The RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said: “Nobody should dare to underestimate the severe impact on track safety that the changes bulldozed through by London Underground have unleashed and which have forced our members to take a prolonged period of industrial action to protect themselves and their colleagues.”
On Wednesday, the RMT recommended that its members accept an offer on pay and conditions in a parallel dispute over planned night tube services.
