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No Tube: London subway hit by strike, day after rail walkout

A traveller checks a train board at Ealing Broadway in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital's transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff. Another rail strike is scheduled for Saturday as the U.K. endures a summer of action by workers demanding pay increases to offset soaring food and energy price hikes. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) The gates at Northfields tube station are closed as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) strike over jobs, pay and pensions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) The gates at Northfields tube station are closed as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) strike over jobs, pay and pensions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Piccadilly line trains sit in their depot as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) strike over jobs, pay and pensions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Piccadilly line trains sit in their depot as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) strike over jobs, pay and pensions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Piccadilly line trains sit in their depot as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) continue nationwide strikes in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Piccadilly line trains sit in their depot as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) continue with nationwide strikes in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Piccadilly line trains sit in their depot as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) continue nationwide strikes in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) The gates at Northfields tube station are closed as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) continue nationwide strikes in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) The gates at Northfields tube station are closed as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) continue nationwide strikes in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions in London, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)