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

Summary by enfieldindependent.co.uk
A union has threatened strike action if e-bikes are not banned on the London Underground.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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

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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

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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.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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