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Central and Waterloo & City line Tube strike driving outraged commuters to buses and Twitter

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Transport for London strikes again.

City workers' travel has been thrown off course this morning due to strike action on the Waterloo & City and Central line services.

The Waterloo & City line is down throughout the entire day while Central line services have been severely limited and are currently only running between Leytonstone – Epping and White City – Ealing Broadway.

From 10pm onwards, all service on the line will be shutdown, so be wary of having too many post-work pints and finding yourself stranded.

For thousands of city workers this all meant a familiar story of long waits, squishing into suffocating carriages and an excuse for lateness. Today's strike follows previous walk-outs in May, April and February of this year. Lots of commuters are angry, and lots of them have taken that fury to the place that does indignation best – Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Zoku_Kuzo/statuses/502703358147567616

 

 

Many passengers were caught unawares by the strike:

 

https://twitter.com/JosephNorman/statuses/502720035904061440

 

https://twitter.com/BillyFord/statuses/502701619432423425

 

Members of Aslef – the union which represents UK train drivers – working on the Central line began the walk-out at midnight last night and will continue until the same time tonight.

Finn Brennan of Aslef said the strike was in response to a "bullying culture" within management working on the line:

At its heart is management's refusal to treat drivers with the respect and dignity they deserve .
 
Our members will not tolerate a situation where vulnerable people leave sickness review meetings in tears and drivers with years of good and long service are threatened with disciplinary action for a delay of 33 seconds in leaving a terminus.