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THE TUBE strike will go ahead after talks collapsed this morning. 

The capital is set for travel chaos with the strike set to go ahead from 9pm tonight[PA]

The 48-hour walkout will begin this evening, causing chaos to millions of commuters in the capital and surrounding areas.
The Mayor of London had made a last-minute appeal to union leaders to call off the strike, saying the action is "pointless".
But the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have now confirmed that its members will walk out from 9pm tonight.
A three-day strike is also planned for next week.
Today leaders of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union held a last-ditch meeting with London Underground (LU) at the offices of the conciliation service Acas in a row over ticket office closures.
But the talks lasted only a couple of hours and broke up with no sign of a breakthrough.
It is hoped there will be a limited service on some lines with extra river boat services and extra buses laid on.
The RMT union said it had put forward proposals which it believed could have led to the industrial action being suspended.
London mayor Boris Johnson attacked the union as “narrow-minded” and described the strike as "pointless".
TfL says less than three per cent of journeys involve someone using a ticket office. 

Thousands of commuters will be hit by the action [EPA]

They plan to cut 935 jobs in a bid to “modernise” but say it can be achieved without compulsory redundancies with a promise that stations will remain staffed at all times.
The union say the cuts compromise safety and quality of service.
RMT acting general secretary Mick Cash said: "London Underground have dug themselves into an entrenched position and have refused to move one inch from their stance of closing every ticket office, in breach of the agreement reached previously through Acas which enabled us to suspend the previous round of action.
"Despite the spin from LU, nothing that they are proposing is about 'modernisation'.
"RMT could have recommended the suspension of this strike action if LU had responded positively to our proposal to halt the implementation of these savage cuts, stopping the dire impact they would have the length and breadth of London Underground."
An Acas spokesman said: "The meeting between RMT and London Underground this morning has now finished. Our services remain available to the parties and we will continue to maintain close contact with the parties."
A three-day strike is planned for next week.
Mr Johnson said: "I urge the RMT to call off this pointless strike and get back round the table with London Underground and the three other unions who've chosen not to strike.
"It seems the RMT leadership is set against modernisation and has no fresh ideas of its own.
"More than 600 people have asked for voluntary redundancy and yet, without consulting any of their own members, the RMT is suddenly insisting that London Underground halt this process.
"Despite dozens of meetings over several months, the RMT chose only on Friday to make fresh demands. It seems they are more interested in fighting over the leadership of the RMT than the interests of their members.
"Commuters and businesses will suffer because a few narrow-minded union barons are currently flexing their muscles in a fight for the leadership of a union where just 30 per cent of members support a strike."
The strike action follows the March 11 death of RMT leader Bob Crow, whose success in extracting concessions from employers through hard talk and industrial disruption has set the mould for those vying to replace him, trade union experts say.