(posted 7843 days ago)South London Press
NewsTube stations to be closed by strike
Nov 12 2002Nineteen London Underground stations will definitely close during the 48-hour firefighters' strike.
They include Covent Garden, Wapping, Edgware Road and Russell Square. But although admitting it will be offering a "slightly reduced service", LU says it plans to carry on.
"Safety will not be compromised," said the Tube's safety director Mike Strzelecki.
He went on: "We have clear, well-practised procedures to deal with fire alerts. But the critical safety factor is to evacuate potential danger areas quickly and calmly."
The stations that will have to close are all deep-lying ones. They are Belsize Park, Borough, Caledonian Road, Covent Garden, Edgware Road (Bakerloo Line), Elephant & Castle, Gloucester Road, Goodge Street, Hampstead, Holland Park, Kennington, Lambeth North, Lancaster Gate, Mornington Crescent, Queensway, Regent's Park, Russell Square, Tufnell Park and Wapping.