Vanessa Feltz
BBC Radio London presenter

John Leach from the RMT Union told me the situation is "pretty dire".

Speaking on my BBC London Breakfast show, he said:

• TfL is essentially still bankrupt since coming out of the pandemic, its finances are in complete disarray, and they are living from one bailout to another with the government. They run out of money on 24 June.
• During the negotiations with the government, the mayor of London and his finance team are putting on the table the pension scheme, hundreds and hundreds of jobs, people’s terms of conditions of employment.
• If you’re a station worker at Victoria which is where I am at the moment, they are facing a potential reduction of just under 50% of all the staff. The rosters, the shift work that they do here, would catastrophically become worst. It’s bad enough anyway when you’re a shift worker, their pensions are also being put in jeopardy. At the moment they’re at a standard final salary pension scheme, that’s all being put off to be reviewed but TfL are frontloading that review by saying they have to save £400m a year off the scheme.

• The 600 station jobs they want to get rid of right now saves £25m a year, they've got to save £500m by next March – these figures are astronomical. We’re not making them up, they are figures they’ve given us themselves.
• The world has changed as a result of the pandemic, there are more people working from home, but you still need a vibrant Tube network and TfL moving millions of people every day. That needs to be invested and financed properly.
• What the mayor of London needs to do is a proper deal with the government. He’s got himself into a complete mess, one bailout to another from people who are not his political friends and they’re playing political football amongst themselves with all of this.
• Most of the management in TfL and LU (London Underground) would privately agree that the tactics of driving down costs by getting rid of hundreds and hundreds of jobs, attacking peoples terms and conditions and their pensions isn’t just morally wrong, but actually it will not deliver what they want.
• Do a proper deal and stand up for your staff.

Harry Low
BBC London News

The platinum jubilee celebrations are well and truly over for Londoners.

The long weekend has come to an abrupt end with those who have no choice but to travel to work waking up to the news that there will be no service across almost the entire London Underground network.

A lot of passengers here at Waterloo have been caught out.

Harry Low
BBC London News

London Underground workers received an 8.4% pay rise in April.

With inflation now at its highest level for 40 years at 9%, the start of the new financial year brought hardship to many people.

However, a four-year deal with unions guarantees 15,000 Tube workers an annual pay increase of RPI+0.2% which will cost TfL £100m.

Elsewhere in the public sector, people in jobs such as NHS workers, teachers and civil servants are seeing the biggest fall in spending power for 20 yearsas pay struggles to keep up with the rising cost of living.

After opening to much fanfare almost two weeks ago, the Elizabeth line is experiencing its first Tube strike and - so far - it's unaffected by closures.

Image source, EPA

Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London

Back to reality with a bump for commuters this morning with widespread disruption to the Tube.

The outlook for some kind of resolution looks particularly bleak - in fact this strike over post closures and pensions will probably become part of a wider rail industry dispute which is heading to a mass walk out.

As one transport boss said to me it is very political and we are caught in the middle.

Commuters will feel the same.

Three Tube lines, Victoria, Circle and District, normally run through this station.

Transport for London's website, external has the latest.

Richard Burge, chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce said: "We are extremely disappointed that the RMT has called for a mass walkout by TfL workers in such close proximity to the Queen's Jubilee Weekend when London will be full of visitors.

"The last two years hit London disproportionately hard and the capital is desperately trying to claw back some sense of normality after a tumultuous two years.

"This strike now puts TfL in a position of having to recommend that Londoners work from home.

"Ultimately, this will only harm London's economy and it is time for TfL to sort out their dispute with the RMT so we can get back to building prosperity and showing the world that London is open business."

Harry Low
BBC London News

Commuters at Abbey Wood station in south-east London are being warned of delays on London Underground.

The first train on the Elizabeth line - which is a railway and not a Tube line - departed at 06:25 BST and will run to Paddington even though that Tube station, like almost all of those on the network, is currently closed.

Harry Low
BBC London News

Two Tube strikes at the start of March caused misery for passengers.

It coincided with a rise in Tube fares meaning a pinch and a punch for Londoners.

Some 10,000 workers walked out on that occasion meaning almost no service on the entirety of the Tube network.

Sarah Morris
BBC News

Victoria Station is festooned in Union Jacks, so there's still a bit of Jubilee spirit in amongst the doom and gloom of this Tube strike.

There are a few people trickling out of mainline trains because they are still running but what is normally one of the busiest transport hubs in London, the Tube part of the station is closed alongside most other Underground stations in London.

It is one of the biggest bus depots and there are queues starting as people use the busses instead of the Tubes this morning.

Rebecca Cafe
BBC News, London

All Tube services are closed apart from the Jubilee and Northern lines which are running on part of the line:

• Jubilee Line: Service operating between Finchley Road and Stanmore, approximately every five minutes with some stations closed. No service on the rest of the line.
• Northern Line: Service operating between Edgware and Golders Green, East Finchley and High Barnet and between Finchley Central and Mill Hill East. Trains are running about every six to eight minutes with some stations closed.

Image source, TfL

Harry Low
BBC London News

Transport bosses say the entire network will be affected by today's action and are urging people to consider working from home and only travel if necessary.

"We are expecting severe disruption which will continue into the morning of Tuesday 7 June too," Andy Lord, TfL's chief operating officer said.

He added: "I apologise to customers for this and understand they will be frustrated by this strike action but urge them not to take it out on those who are trying to help.

“We haven't proposed any changes to pensions, and nobody has or will lose their jobs because of the proposals we have set out."

Harry Low
BBC London News

Workers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have called this strike because, it claims, "under current proposals, 600 jobs will be lost, working agreements will be torn up and the looming threat to pensions remains in place".

General Secretary Mick Lynch said: "Mayor Khan must choose either the take on the Tory government and demand a just funding deal for Londoners or attack loyal Tube workers who keep the capital moving day in day out."

Chirag Trivedi
BBC News

Good morning. After four days of celebration for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, commuters in London face a day of travel disruption due to a Tube strike.

We'll be bringing you the latest news, information and reaction throughout the day.