Operational Note:not for press publication.
Metroline bus drivers plan to hold a third 24-hour strike, beginning at 04.00 on Monday, 27 November 2006.

Metroline and the Transport & General Workers' Union (T&GWU) have been unable to reach agreement over the 2006 pay settlement.

This proposed strike action will inconvenience thousands of Londoners.

Metroline operates 60 bus routes, mostly in north/northwest London, operating out of the following garages:

  • Potters Bar
  • Cricklewood
  • Edgware
  • Harrow Weald
  • Holloway
  • King's Cross
  • North Wembley
  • Perivale
  • Willesden

Transport for London (TfL) is working to keep passenger disruption to a minimum, and we would ask that passengers check their route and listen to media travel updates before they travel on Monday.

Where possible, we would advise passengers to use alternative means of transport.

Passenger information will be provided by TfL through a number of channels:

  • Countdown - a message will be displayed on Countdown signs at affected bus stops from today (Friday), giving passengers advance warning of Monday's strike, and will be displayed all day on Monday
  • Publicity - signs will be displayed at bus stops, shelters and stations, which will include directions to the nearest alternative means of transport
  • Travel information - customers can contact our travel information team by phone, on 020 7222 1234, for up-to-date information and advice on alternative means of transport. As lines are likely to be busy, we advise customers with internet access to visit our online journeyplanner
  • Additional staff - extra staff members will be out on the network on Monday, concentrating on the busiest stations and stops, to offer advice and guidance to passengers. Staff will also be driving along bus routes with no service to offer advice to passengers.

  • The following bus routes may be affected by the strike action: C2, H12, W5, W7, W9, 4, 6, 16, 17, 24, 32, 43, 46, 52, 82, 84, 90, 98, 107, 113, 134, 139, 140, 182, 186, 189, 204, 205, 206, 214, 217, 231, 232, 234, 240, 245, 251, 260, 263, 266, 271, 274, 297, 302, 316, 384, 390, 460, 603, 611, 626, 632, 634, 640, 643, N5, N16, N20, N52, N98.