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Tube workers on the Central and Waterloo & City lines have announced plans for a 24-hour strike this week.

RMT Union members who work on both lines will walk out for 24 hours at 9pm on Wednesday.

Union bosses said the strike was in dispute over the “forced displacement of staff”.

Transport for London said it had already made "reasonable efforts" to resolve the dispute with the RMT and urged the union to call off the strike.

If the walkout goes ahead, there will be no Central line service east of Leytonstone and a reduced service running on the rest of the Central line all day on Thursday.

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The Waterloo & City line will not run at all.

A special bus shuttle service has been scheduled to operate between Epping and Chingford.

Transport for London warned that alternative routes would be busier than usual.

The London Underground network was crippled by a 24-hour strike by station and ticket staff involved in a seperate dispute earlier this month.

Members of the RMT union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association walked out for 24 hours on the evening of Sunday, January 8.

Mick Cash, RMT general secretary, said: “RMT negotiators have made strenuous efforts through the Acas machinery to resolve this dispute but the door has been slammed in our faces.

"If LU are allowed to get away with this move on the Central Line they will start shunting drivers around at the drop of a hat regardless of the consequences. Our members will be sent out from pillar to post to plug gaps that are solely down to staffing shortages.

"With massive budget cuts in the pipeline at LU this is a straw in the wind as to how the company expects to operate in the future. Staff across London Underground are angry and the company would be wise to recognise that."

Peter McNaught, operations director for the Central line, said London Underground had already minimised the number of employees affected.

In a statement, he said: “We apologise to customers for the disruption they may experience due to this unnecessary strike.

"We have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this dispute with the RMT through talking through the issues with them, and we have minimised the number of employees affected from 30 to eight.

"We urge the RMT to engage with us to resolve this issue and to withdraw the strike action, which will only cause needless disruption to Londoners."