Night Tube 'is a juggernaut which cannot be stopped'

'Juggernaut': the Night Tube could launch this summer
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Tom Marshall7 March 2016

The Night Tube is an unstoppable “juggernaut” which has to happen after such "hellish" negotiations, it was claimed today.

The all-night Underground service has been beset by problems delaying its introduction, which was originally pencilled in for last September.

Londoners have been forced to contend with a series of crippling strikes as staff argued with Transport for London over pay and conditions.

But it is now on the right track with TfL and the unions finally close to seeing eye-to-eye, the head of the Campaign for Better Transport suggested.

TfL has refused to give any indication of when it may finally start, but Stephen Joseph, chief executive of the campaign group, believes it is only a matter of time.

Mr Joseph told the Financial Times: “[The Night Tube has] become a juggernaut — there’s no stopping it now.

“They’ve been through so much hell and they’ve finally got to the other side with a deal with the unions that almost irrespective of what impact it has, they will have to do it.”

His comments came as TfL was set to hear from members of the Aslef union today on a deal for its launch. They are expected to follow their RMT colleagues by voting in favour of the latest deal.

Two more unions, Unite and TSSA, are yet to back the offer, but there are clear signs of progress in a bitter dispute that has been rumbling along for months.

TfL has already been paying more than £1 million per month for over 400 additional workers since the service was due to start in September.

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