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One Million Passengers Hit Rail and Underground Tube Strikes 2017 February
Chaos As One Million Passengers Hit Rail and Underground Tube Strikes Sections of the Central line, used by more than 800,000 passengers a day were closed with severe delays to the remainder of the route. There was no service at the Eastern end between Leytonstone and Epping via Woodford with delays throughout central London to West Ruislip. Waterloo & City line services – the direct one-stop link between the mainline station and Bank – used by 32,000 passengers a day were suspended. Southern Rail mainline services, carrying 300,000 plus passengers a day, suffered cancellations and delays because of a 24-hour walkout – the 29th strike – by train guards in the long running dispute over driver-only operation (DOO.) The company reported disruption to all 10 line groups including the Brighton line and Gatwick Express . Southern commuters changing to South West Trains services arriving at Waterloo were then hit by the strike on the Waterloo & City line. There we...