More than a quarter of London commuters would give up their holiday for a reliable Tube service, a new study revealed.
Some 26 per cent of travellers would rather forfeit their holiday than be delayed by Tube strikes, according to research by online marketing firm Spike Digital.
Over 80 per cent of 1,000 commuters asked said they are regularly plunged into bad moods over Underground strikes and three quarters claimed they would consider hopping on their bicycles instead.
Duncan Colman, from Spike Digital, said: “It’s clear trains have got a serious hold over us.
Tube strike chaos
“They make passengers’ lives a misery most of the time, so it’s no wonder people would rather get to work on a bike, or even give up some of their holiday if it meant their trains ran as they should.”
The results were revealed as hundreds of thousands of Tube users faced major disruption amid a planned strike next week.
Union bosses announced a second 24-hour strike on the Central line in a row over the “forced” transfer of eight drivers from their home depots at the eastern end of the line to others in central London.
RMT drivers will walk out from 9pm on Tuesday until the same time on Wednesday – with severe disruption expected all day.
The Central line is the busiest on the network and is used by more than 800,000 passengers a day.
