Metroline Bus Strikes Suspended After New Pay Offer


Drivers to vote on further action but Abellio dispute continues


Metroline bus garage. Picture: Metroline

December 1, 2022

Hopes have been raised that at least one of the strikes on public transport in London may not go ahead after Metroline bus drivers suspended industrial action.

Three days of strike action scheduled for this week involving over 2,000 bus drivers were called off after last minute talks produced an improved pay offer.

The workers, who are members of Unite, were due to begin strike action from Thursday (1 December). However, following talks brokered by the conciliation service Acas, Metroline made an improved pay offer.

Unite agreed to suspend the planned action in order to ballot its members.

Unite regional officer Laura Johnson said, “Following last minute talks at Acas, the strikes scheduled for tomorrow have been suspended to allow our members to be balloted on the new offer.”

If the workers reject the latest offer from Metroline then the remaining strikes scheduled for 8, 9, 15 and 16 December will go ahead as planned.

The separate strike action involving bus drivers employed by Abellio in South and West London is still taking place.

Drivers at some garages operated by Metroline originally planned to strike on seven days in December, with the first action starting on Thursday 1 December and the last day of action on Saturday 17 December.

If it proceeds, it is expected to affect around 70 routes, mainly in north, northwest and west London.

The bus drivers are based at garages in Battersea, Beddington, Hayes, Southall, Twickenham and Walworth. A list of routes likely to be affected is given in the table below.

The next round runs from Thursday 8 December-Saturday 10 December and finally Thursday 15 December-Saturday 17 December. Services could be affected through to around 6:00am the morning following the final day of a period of strike action, which means night buses will be affected the night after a strike action. Night buses will run as normal into the morning of the start of a period of strike action.

The Abellio strikes are taking place on 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 December.

Routes Operated by Abellio

No.

Route

 3

Crystal Palace - West Dulwich - Brixton - Kennington - Westminster - Trafalgar Square

 24

Hampstead Heath - Camden Town - Tottenham Court Road - Westminster - Victoria - Pimlico

 27

Hammersmith - Kensington - Paddington - Camden Town - Chalk Farm

 45

Clapham Park - Brixton Hill - Brixton - Camberwell - Walworth - Elephant & Castle

 63

Honor Oak - Peckham - Trafalgar Avenue - Elephant & Castle - Blackfriars - King's Cross

 68

West Norwood - Herne Hill - Camberwell - Walworth - Elephant & Castle - Waterloo - Aldwych - Holborn - Euston

 109

Croydon - Norbury - Streatham - Brixton

 111

Heathrow Airport Central - Cranford - Heston - Hounslow - Hanworth - Hampton - Hampton Court - Kingston

 130

New Addington – Addington – Shirley Park – Norwood Junction – Thornton Heath

 156

Wimbledon - Southfields - Wandsworth - Clapham Junction - Queenstown Road - Vauxhall

 159

Streatham – Brixton – Kennington – Westminster – Oxford Circus

 195

Charville Lane - Wood End - Hayes - Bulls Bridge - Southall - Ealing Hospital - Hanwell - Boston Manor - Brentford

 196

Norwood Junction – West Norwood – Herne Hill – Brixton – Stockwell – Vauxhall – Elephant & Castle

 201

Morden - Mitcham Road - Mitcham - Streatham - Streatham Hill - Tulse Hill Station - Thurlow Park Road - Herne Hill

 207

Hayes By-Pass - Hanwell - Ealing - Acton - Shepherd's Bush - White City

 267

Fulwell - Twickenham - Isleworth - Brentford - Turnham Green - Hammersmith

 270

Mitcham - Tooting - Earlsfield - Wandsworth - Putney Bridge

 278

Ruislip - Ickenham - Hillingdon - Hayes End - Wood End - Hayes - Harlington - Heathrow Central

 285

Heathrow Airport Central - Hatton Cross - Feltham - Uxbridge Road - Hampton Hill - Teddington - Kingston

 315

West Norwood Station - York Hill - Gleneldon Road - Streatham - Bedford Hill - Balham

 322

Crystal Palace - Gipsy Hill - West Dulwich - West Norwood - Herne Hill - Railton Road - Brixton - Clapham Common

 344

Clapham Junction - Battersea - Vauxhall - Lambeth - Elephant & Castle - Southwark Bridge - Liverpool Street Station

 345

Peckham - Camberwell - Brixton - Stockwell - Clapham Common - Clapham Junction - Battersea - South Kensington

 350

Hayes and Harlington Station - Heathrow Terminal 5 via Stockley Park, West Drayton and Harmondsworth

 367

Bromley - Shortlands - Beckenham - Elmers End - Shirley Oaks - Addiscombe - West Croydon

 381

Waterloo (County Hall) - Peckham Bus Station via London Bridge, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

 407

Caterham - Whyteleafe - Purley - South Croydon - Croydon - Waddon - Wallington Green - Carshalton - Sutton

 415

Tulse Hill • Brixton • Kennington • Elephant & Castle • Old Kent Road, Tesco

 427

Uxbridge - Ealing Hospital - Ealing Broadway - Acton

 433

Addington Interchange - Forestdale - Selsdon Vale - Selsdon - Croham Valley - Croydon

 464

Tatsfield Village / Old Ship - New Addington Tram Stop

 482

Southall – Convent Way – Hounslow West – Hatton Cross – Heathrow (Terminal 4) – Heathrow (Terminal 5)

 490

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 - Heathrow Airport Cargo Area - Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 - Hatton Cross - Feltham - Staines Road - Twickenham - Richmond - Richmond Pools on the Park

 969

Gladstone Avenue Whitton - Roehampton Vale / Asda

 C10

Canada Water – Rotherhithe – Bermondsey – Elephant & Castle – Lambeth Bridge – Pimlico – Victoria

 E5

Southall, Toplocks Estate – Perivale, Tesco

 E7

Ruislip Station – Earling Broadway, Haven Greem

 E10

Islip Manor - Northolt - Smith's Farm - Ferrymead - Greenford - Castlebar Hill - Ealing

 E11

Greenford - Elthorne Heights - Castle Bar Park - West Ealing - Ealing - Warwick Drive

 H20

Hounslow - Ivybridge via Worton Road

 H25

Hatton Cross - Butts Farm via Bedfont, Feltham and Hanworth

 H26

Hatton Cross - Sparrow Farm via Bedfont, Bedfont Lakes and Feltham

 H28

Bulls Bridge - Osterley (Tesco) via Heston, Hounslow and Spring Grove

 P5

Nine Elms Patmore Estate - Lansdowne Way - Stockwell - Clapham North - Bedford Road - Brixton - Loughborough Park - Myatts Fields - Brandon Estate - Walworth - Elephant & Castle

 P13

Streatham - Downton Avenue - Tulse Hill Station - Dulwich Common - Underhill Road - East Dulwich Sainsbury's - Avondale Rise - Peckham - New Cross Gate Sainsbury's

 R68

Kew Retail Park - Hampton Court via Richmond, Twickenham and Teddington

 R70

Richmond - Hampton (Nurserylands) via Twickenham, Hampton Hill and Hanworth

 S4

Roundshaw - Woodcote Green - Wallington - Belmont - Sutton - Benhilton - St Helier

 U5

Hayes - Stockley Park - Stockley Estate - West Drayton - Falling Lane - Colham Green - Pield Heath - Cowley - Uxbridge

 U7

Uxbridge - Hayes Retail Park via Brunel University, Hillingdon Hospital and Charville Lane

 U9

Uxbridge Station - Harefield Hospital via Harefield


Night Services

No.

Route

Frequency

 N3

Oxford Circus - Bromley via Westminster, Brixton, Crystal Palace and Beckenham

Nightly

 24

Hampstead Heath - Camden Town - Tottenham Court Road - Westminster - Victoria - Pimlico

24hr

 27

Hammersmith - Kensington - Paddington - Camden Town - Chalk Farm

24hr

 N63

Crystal Palace - Honor Oak - Peckham - Trafalgar Avenue - Elephant & Castle - Blackfriars - King's Cross

Nightly

 N68

Old Coulsdon – Purley – Croydon – Thornton Heath – West Norwood – Herne Hill – Camberwell – Elephant & Castle – Waterloo – Holborn – Tottenham Court Road Station

Nightly

 N109

Croydon - Norbury - Streatham - Brixton - Kennington - Westminster - Oxford Circus

Nightly

 111

Heathrow Airport Central - Cranford - Heston - Hounslow - Hanworth - Hampton - Hampton Court - Kingston

24hr

 159

Streatham – Brixton – Kennington – Westminster – Oxford Circus

24hr

 N207

Uxbridge - Hayes End - Southall - Hanwell - Ealing - Acton - Shepherd's Bush - Oxford Circus - Holborn

Nightly

 344

Liverpool Street - Clapham Junction via Southwark, Elephant & Castle, Vauxhall and Battersea Park

24hr

 345

Peckham Bus Station – South Kensington Station

24hr

 N381

Trafalgar Square - Peckham via Waterloo, London Bridge, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

Nightly


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