00:00The strike on the London Underground is now underway, and that means the travel plans of millions of travellers,
00:08whether they are commuters or international arrivals here at London Heathrow.
00:13They will find that, unfortunately, almost no tube trains are running.
00:19The exceptions are a few services at the western extremes of the Central Line and the Metropolitan Line.
00:26There is nothing running on the Underground in central London.
00:31There are alternatives such as the Elizabeth Line, just along from here, running east-west through the capital,
00:38and the London Underground, as well as the Docklands Light Railway,
00:43but I'm afraid that is not going to be available on Tuesday or Thursday because of a separate strike.
00:49The impact is going to be immense.
00:52UK Hospitality estimates it will hit pubs, restaurants and hotels to the tune of £110 million.
01:02The overall impact for the whole capital is estimated to be about twice that.
01:09The RMT union is doing this in a very sophisticated way.
01:14Members are being called out on different days depending on their job,
01:19and that means the most they'll lose is a day or two's pay,
01:23but the effect is to close down the capital for the best part of a week.
01:29As they strive for a four-day, 32-hour week,
01:33which Transport for London says is completely unaffordable,
01:37I'm afraid I can see no swift settlement,
01:41and therefore possibly further strikes ahead.
01:44As it is, the tube is hoped to get back to normal by about lunchtime on Friday.
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