§ Viscount Astorasked Her Majesty's Government:
What steps they are taking to prevent passengers on London Underground being stranded at stations due to industrial action. [HL2818]
§ Lord Falconer of ThorotonThis is an operational matter for London Underground, which informs me that it will be taking all the steps necessary to ensure that all possible service restrictions due to any strike action on the Underground are relayed to customers with the aim of minimising any disruption to their journey.
London Underground will give as much information as possible regarding service disruption. Information on alternative routes of travel will be available in the Evening Standard, on the Tube website (www.thetube.com,) posters in advance and during strike action, local radio bulletins, London-wide television and radio, Teletext and Ceefax.