All the London Tube strike dates in November, December and January as Christmas travel chaos looms

Londoners face travel chaos in the run-up to Christmas and over the New Year after the RMT announced a series of new Tube strikes and due to major engineering works on the rail network. Travel in and around London will also be hit by a series of works to upgrade railway lines over the festive period.The RMT is threatening eight strikes on the Tube in coming monthsAFP/GettyThe RMT and Transport for London have been in talks over the summer to try to resolve the stand-off.But the RMT argued that the changes are being forced on drivers and that it is not a genuine four-day week.Thursday 26 November 2026 Thursday 17 December 2026 Saturday 19 December 2026 Monday 4 January 2027 Wednesday 6 January 2027 Wednesday 17 February 2027 Tuesday 23 February 2027 Thursday 25 February 2027 RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said London Underground’s proposals ‘raise serious concerns around fatigue, safety and work-life balance’PA ArchiveRMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “London Underground is attempting to dress up a wholesale attack on drivers' working conditions as a voluntary four-day week.“But there is nothing voluntary about a scheme that forces drivers to give up existing protections whether they work four days or five, and threatens those who refuse with displacement from their depots.”But Finn Brennan, Aslef’s full-time organiser on London Underground, stressed: “We are surprised that the RMT has, once again, decided to take strike action to try to prevent Underground drivers moving to a four-day week on a voluntary basis.Read More“A strike designed to stop people having the choice of a shorter working week and more time off is a strange choice to make.”Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden was more outspoken.He said: “These RMT militants who bankroll hand-picked Labour MPs do not care about better services, they do not care about passengers and they do not care about our capital city – all they care about is beating as much cash out of this weak piñata of a Labour Mayor and Government as they can.”Commuters squeeze into busy train carriages during April strikesGettyBusiness chiefs in London also slammed the RMT’s industrial action.Ed Richardson, transport programme director at BusinessLDN, said: “These strikes will not bring any festive cheer to Londoners and visitors that rely on the Tube to get around the city.”The Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express trains will not run west of Paddington until December 31 as a result.Trains into Waterloo will be reduced and run an amended timetable on Sunday December 27 and Monday December 28, according to National Rail, due to engineering crews being on the ground in the Queenstown Road area.There will be no Southeastern trains to Charing Cross, Waterloo East, Canon Street or via Lewisham on the same days due to work on the track around New Cross, south-east London.