Bakerloo Line

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Beating lone working

Workers stood firm when local management attempted to introduce lone working at Stonebridge Park.
Management wanted to use lone-working to carry out late-shift detrainments, arguing that the presence of security contractors provided adequate support.

They backed down after being challenged by union...

Wot No Lifts?!

The brand new lifts at Edgware Road Bakerloo have failed a couple of times of late, leading to station closures. Cue irate passengers, who've walked to Edgware Road from Paddington due to the Bakerloo Line closure there.

The Edgware Road lifts were installed by, and continue to be maintained by...

Brian Munro, 1968-2014

This tribute to Brian Munro first appeared in the Workers' Liberty newspaper Solidarity on 4 July. Click here for the original.


Brian Munro, a London Underground worker, RMT Executive member, and former member of Workers’ Liberty and its predecessor group Socialist Organiser, died on Saturday...

Come on, feel the noise!

The escalator refurb at Kilburn Park is finished now. While it was underway, late-turn CSAs had to work next to an active construction site, with work beginning well before the station closed each night.

The noise was phenomenally loud. Unlike the SSs, the CSAs don't have a walled-off office to sit...

Bakerloo drivers' ballot: vote yes!

RMT driver members on the Bakerloo Line are balloting for action short of strikes in a dispute over train maintenance procedure.

The RMT branch writes: "We have entered into dispute with London Underground over what we believe to be a problem with the procedure for Train Technicians entering the...

Return of the Flash and Dash?

After months of having top-class wonks working on it, LUL management seem to have come to the conclusion that it's fine to not check that trains are empty before going into depots or sidings so long as you (a) make a few more announcements, and (b) add a bit at the top of the inter-car barriers...

Support the Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund

For many years, Brian has put tireless energy into the RMT as Bakerloo Branch secretary and rep at Elephant and Castle depot. Now it’s our time to support our comrade. Tubeworker urges us all to donate to Brian’s fighting fund, to raise the money necessary for Brian to have cutting-edge cancer...

Wot No Home Time?

On stations on the north end of the Bakerloo Line, management have started to expect staff to stay beyond their booking off time if there is no cover to relieve them.

If you're covering the ticket office, management want you to cover the published ticket office opening hours, even if it means...

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