London Tube drivers are set to go on strike from Friday, causing travel chaos for millions of commuters and Christmas shoppers.
Members of the RMT union are set to begin a series of 24-hour walkouts tomorrow over changes to staff rotas to restart the Night Tube after talks between TfL and union bosses broke down.
The Victoria, Central, Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines will be brought to a standstill on Friday, causing further disruption for the Bakerloo, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
There would also be action on the Central and Victoria lines from 8.30pm to 4.30am on each of the intervening Saturdays and Sundays between this weekend and December 18 - the last Saturday before Christmas.
TfL says these lines are likely to be severely disrupted from 7pm each weekend in a major blow for December revellers.
A TfL source told the London Evening Standard this morning that 'not a huge amount has developed' since the industrial action was announced, but that TfL 'remains open to talks' with RMT.
Passengers leave a busy underground train still wearing their facemasks in London
Underground drivers are protesting over staff rotas to restart the Night Tube, which is due to resume services late on Saturday night and into Sunday morning on the Victoria and Central lines.
TfL insists all other Tube unions agreed in May to the change in the rotas, which came after 200 Night Tube staff were integrated into TfL's 'day Tube' workforce, and called the strike action 'unnecessary'.
But RMT general secretary Mick Lynch accused Tube bosses of 'refusing point blank to
