Tube strike set to be called off

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The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said earlier that 2,500 of its Tube members would walk out on April 28 and 29 in a move which would have caused travel chaos for millions of commuters and other passengers.

But the union later said that substantial progress had been made over its demands for guarantees about conditions and pension arrangements when Metronet workers transfer to Transport for London (TfL).

The union had been seeking written assurances about the workers' pensions, travel facilities and other issues.

The union's general secretary Bob Crow said: "We now have in writing undertakings that when the Metronet contracts are taken back in-house by TfL there will be no outsourcing and all Metronet staff will be entitled to join the TfL pension fund and enjoy the same travel facilities as other TfL employees.

"That marks substantial progress and tonight's developments will be placed before the RMT executive on Monday but on the basis of the written assurances received tonight I will be recommending that the dispute be ended.

"It is difficult to understand why these assurances could not have been given without us having to name strike dates."