6:35am Monday 28th April 2014 in News By Omar Oakes, Digital Editor
Union workers are set to strike over London Underground ticket office closures.
Last minute talks are to be held later today in a bid to avert a planned tube strike from tonight.
The planned walkout by RMT union workers will begin at 9pm on Monday evening and last until Wednesday, April 30, at 8.59pm.
A second strike is planned for next Monday (May 5), but would last three days.
London Underground have issued travel advice which says the District Line will not run from Wimbledon to Edgware Road.
The District Line will run from Wimbledon to Barking every 12 minutes, calling at all stations.
The Northern Line will run from Morden via Bank with trains every five minutes, but will not stop at Clapham North, Clapham South, Colliers Wood, South Wimbledon, nor Tooting Bec.
Mick Cash, the RMT's acting general secretary, said the union was waiting for LU to provide it with a station-by-station review of the cuts and their impact on staff, passengers and safety.
Union workers say the proposed closure of tube station ticket offices will worsen safety and result in nearly a thousand job losses.
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