Union threatens strike action over e-bikes on Tubes after recent platform fire

Union threatens strike action over e-bikes on Tubes after recent platform fire

A union has threatened strike action if e-bikes are not banned on the London Underground.

London Tube Union: E-Bikes are Too Dangerous to Carry

I guess union members watched those terrifying videos of e-bikes spontaneously exploding into white hot fireballs.

Tube drivers threaten to strike unless Sadiq Khan bans e-bikes from TfL network amid fire risks

The union Aslef has threatened strike action over Sadiq Khan’s unwillingness to ban e-bikes from the London Underground network despite them causing severe fire risks.The warning comes after an explosion at Rayners Lane station occurred on February 27, which saw an e-bike catch fire on a platform, sending toxic fumes across the station.The union has now argued that e-bikes pose the same fire risk as e-scooters, which were banned from the tube in…

Tube union threatens strike unless e-bikes are banned from London Underground

The fire at Rayners Lane station sent toxic fumes billowing across the station and caused temporary disruption to the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines

Tube unions want TfL to ban e-bikes from the London Underground

Aslef, the train drivers’ union, has threatened strike action unless Transport for London (TfL) bans e-bikes from the London Underground after one caught fire at a station last month. Two other unions – the RMT and the TSSA – are also calling for a ban. TfL imposed an e-scooter ban across its entire public transport network in December 2021 following a number of fires on its

RMT calls for e-bikes ban on Tube

Tube union RMT, has called for a ban on e-bikes across London Underground after one caught fire on a station last month.