Tube drivers lose their water cooler moments

Tube passengers could face delays because drivers will have to make unscheduled stops after being denied access to water, a union is warning.

Aslef said staff were being told to wait for their break and use taps after water coolers were removed from London Underground locations where drivers change ends to reverse trains.

“When your working day is spent in a metal box deep underground, cool, clean drinking water isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity,’ said Finn Brennan, Aslef ’s organiser on LU.

“It beggars belief that senior TFL management think it’s OK to treat train drivers like this and are utterly careless of the impact on passengers.”