London commuters struggle as strike closes subway

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100907/AP15/309079973

Published Tuesday September 7, 2010

LONDON (AP) - Millions of Londoners struggled to get to work by road, rail, boat and bicycle Tuesday as a strike by London Underground workers shut down much of the city's subway system.

Thousands of maintenance workers, drivers and station staff walked off the job Monday evening for 24 hours in a dispute over 800 planned job cuts, mostly among station staff, that they say will hit service and safety.

Transport for London, which runs the Underground - known as the Tube - says there will be no compulsory layoffs.

More than 3.5 million people use the subway system daily. Transport for London said some services were operating on 10 of the city's 11 subway lines, with 40 percent of trains running.

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