Piccadilly line

Piccing a Fight

Piccadilly line drivers voted to strike earlier this year, forcing management to back down. Management had to agree to adhere to agreements and take union demands seriously.

What happened next? A management reshuffle, and a new regime that appears to have turned its clock back to before the last...

Reinstate Charlie Savvides!

ASLEF will strike on the Piccadilly line next Thursday to demand the reinstatement of sacked driver Charlie Savvides - and can expect support from RMT members, especially as Charlie has a record of respecting RMT picket lines.

It is unfortunate that ASLEF's campaign for Charlie has not started in...

Insecurity Checks

Tubeworker has spotted something rather disturbing on Heathrow group stations ... Carlisle Security guards checking stations!

It appears that Tube Lines has got Carlisle to do the checks during engineering works.

Nothing against the contract security workers involved - we'd like to see them...

Shut That Door

Last Thursday night, a Picc line train lost its pilot light at Piccadilly Circus. It turned out that a single door and a set of double doors in the rear car were open.

Of course the train was taken out of service, but you might have expected an immediate notice from management telling drivers what...

Weekly Inspections?

It seems that on the Piccadilly line, Tube Lines bosses think that once-a-week track inspections should be just fine. Funny, they'd always thought once every 72 hours was necessary up until now. So what's changed to justify checking the track less than half as often?!

Moreover, inspections are to...

Wot No Lift Training?

LU is making a dog's dinner of its new lift training procedures, and has now been caught out trying to bully staff.

New training regulations are supposed to mean that staff on lift stations are trained on site, rather than on some random lift on another station. But when management tried to do the...

Taking Risks

Twice in the last week, managers have forced Green Park to stay open, despite it being below minimum numbers. Today, they finally had to admit defeat and close it.

Last Saturday night, Canary Wharf, Canada Water and North Greenwich stations all closed while there were still trains running. And on...

Stations Closed, Trains Still Running

LU is taking greater and greater risks with its de-staffing of stations. Last Thursday night (8 July), Picc line trains were running late and several stations north of King's Cross (Caledonian Road, Holloway Road, Finsbury Park, Arsenal and Manor House) were either closed or running with fewer than...

Penny Pinching

The economic crisis is biting hard on London Underground, with all sorts of 'savings' being made. But rather than look in the more obvious places (eg. fat-cat salaries), managers seem to focus their 'savings' on marginal benefits to us.

So when the air conditioning failed in the Upton Park...

Arnos Drivers Refuse

Top marks from Tubeworker to Arnos Grove drivers, who refused to work on safety grounds during the Tube Lines strike in even greater numbers than at other depots.

Management were well and truly rattled, and tossed the rules out of the window in an unsuccessful attempt to bully drivers into taking...

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