London Underground strike to begin on Wednesday

Unions will go ahead with a 24 hour strike at London Underground from 6.30pm on Wednesday in a row over the night Tube, said Aslef.

Tube services are expected to be "exceptionally busy" between 4.30pm and 6.30pm and there will be no Tube services all day on Thursday.

The DLR, London Overground, tram and TfL Rail services are expected to be much busier than usual during the strike.

The drivers' union accused LU of being "completely inflexible" over terms and conditions for the service, leaving it with "no other choice" than to press ahead with the walkout.

The union said the company should postpone the planned launch of the service on September 12 so that further negotiations could be held.

Aslef officer Finn Brennan said: "We genuinely regret the disruption this will cause, but the blame for this must rest with the pig-headed determination of the mayor to insist on a September 12 launch of night Tube instead of allowing more time for a negotiated settlement to be reached."