Most of the system is north of the River Thames, with six of the 32 London boroughs in the south of the city not served by the Underground. It is operated by Transport for London (TfL). The system is composed of eleven lines – Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Waterloo & City – serving 272 stations. Its first section opened in 1863, making it the oldest underground metro system in the world – although approximately 55% of the current network is above ground, as it generally runs on the surface in outlying suburbs. The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. Also included are the London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, the Tramlink and Elizabeth line systems for integration purposes. Another increase is due in October, when the average bill is forecast to hit 3,500 pounds ($4,300) a year.An unofficial topological tube map of the London Underground system. household fuel bill has risen more than 50% so far in 2022 as Russia's war in Ukraine squeezes global oil and natural gas supplies. inflation hit a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July, and the Bank of England says it could rise to 13% amid a recession later this year. Garbage collectors and recycling workers in Edinburgh, Scotland, began an 11-day strike on Thursday, warning that trash will pile up in the streets as tourists flock to the city for the Edinburgh Fringe and other arts festivals. Postal workers, lawyers, British Telecom staff and port workers have all announced walkouts for later this month.
More public- and private-sector unions are planning strikes as Britain faces its worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Times Radio that “it’s a kick in the teeth” to the public for unions “to turn round after we provided 16 billion pounds of support for the railways and go ‘Right, well, the next thing we’re going to do is go on strike.’” The government denies meddling, but says rail companies need to cut costs and staffing after two years in which emergency government funding kept them afloat. Rail unions accuse Britain’s Conservative government of preventing train companies - which are privately owned but heavily regulated - from making a better offer.
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Only about a fifth of trains ran during the 24-hour walkout, the latest in a series of strikes on Britain’s railways. There was also continuing disruption above ground as trains started to run again following Thursday’s strike by thousands of railway cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and other staff. “We’re advising customers not to travel on the Tube at all.” “It is going to be a difficult day,” said Nick Dent, TFL's director of customer operations. No subway trains were running on most of London’s Tube lines because of the strike over jobs, pay and pensions by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, operator Transport for London said. endures a summer of action by workers demanding pay increases to offset soaring food and energy price hikes. Another rail strike is scheduled for Saturday as the U.K. LONDON (AP) - A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff.
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