London girds for tube worker strike
London is bracing for its second bout of travel chaos in four weeks , with subway staff set to walk out yesterday evening as they sought sweetened terms for operating an all - night service proposed by Mayor Boris Johnson . Members of four tube unions plan to strike for 24 hours , causing London underground Ltd to half trains from around 6:30 p.m. with the network to close all day today . Mil - lions of commuters were set to leave work early and many were expected to stay home after the last strike on July 8 led to packed surface trains , roads choked with car and buses too full to stop for new passengers.