LONDON: Last minute talks between London Underground and the RMT union over a planned New Year's Eve tube strike broke up on Friday without agreement.

RMT plans a 24-hour stoppage on December 31 and another on January 8/9 following a staffing dispute.

The strike could cause travel chaos on one of the busiest nights of the year and prevent people from taking advantage of the free Underground service on New Year's Eve which had been planned to run from 23:45 GMT to 04:30 on New Year's Day.

A spokesman for London Underground told reporters they would try again next week to hold more talks with the union at the conciliatory service ACAS.

Source: China Daily