The party is over! Misery for Londoners as unions stage 24-HOUR Tube strike until 8am tomorrow
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The party is over! Misery for Londoners as unions stage 24-HOUR Tube strike until 8am tomorrow

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Downing Street has condemned the 'deeply disappointing' 24-hour Tube strike in London today, which has caused misery for millions of commuters as they try to return to their desks following the four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend. Police officers advise commuters as they get caught out by Tube station closures caused by strike action on Monday morning Chaotic scenes at Liverpool Street station on Monday morning amid the RMT backed strike action Commuters were pictured being advised by Metropolitan police officers as they struggled to get to work this morning at London Victoria Station The TfL Go app suggests this route from Earl's Court to Whitechapel, despite it not being possible amid the 24-hour strike Long queues formed outside bus stops across the capital on Monday morning as most Tube stations remained closed Pictured: Traffic builds up on the Blackwall Tunnel Road as commuters face no choice but to find alternative means of transport to the Tube network Tube stations across London will be closed until Tuesday at 8am after the RMT union staged at 24-hour walkout in a dispute over pensions and job cuts. Pictured: Commuters are barred from entering Tottenham Court Road Station Commuters queue to board packed buses at Victoria Station as a tube strike impacts the Monday morning rush hour on June 6, 2022 Commuters struggling to get to work this morning at London Victoria Station as they queue for buses and taxis The Tube lines affected by RMT union's strike action today Closed: Victoria, Waterloo & City, Circle Part suspended: London Overground Special service: Bakerloo, Central District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Northern Line Picadilly Good service: DLR, Elizabeth Line, Tram, Metropolitan Some commuters took to social media to blast the strikes, with one declaring: 'We are in hell', while others said they had simply 'had enough' of being 'held to ransom' by militant unions. Londoners queue for buses in the rain at Baker Street station amid travel chaos caused by Tube strikes Confused and irate commuters seek advice at Euston underground station on Monday morning Commuters wait at a bus stop outside Victoria train station in London on June 6, 2022, during a 24-hour strike Commuters erect umbrellas and don face masks as they wait at a bus stop outside Victoria train station in London on Monday morning 'We are in hell': Fuming commuters react to Tube strikes in central London this morning Summer of Discontent: Fears mount over a repeat of the infamous winter of 1978 as slew of strikes set for coming months Fears are mounting of a repeat of the 1978 'Winter of Discontent' in which a slew of strikes by waste workers, gravediggers and lorry drivers resulted in squalid conditions for Brits under Labour PM Jim Callaghan. Commuters wait to board a bus at Victoria Station in central London where strike action by 4,000 station staff has closed most stations The disruption will last until 8am on Tuesday with commuters facing chaos on the return to work after the four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend Warwick Avenue station pictured closed on Monday morning due to strike action Traffic builds up on the A102 Blackwall Tunnel road approach during rush hour in Greenwich south east London Queues form at a bus stop at Victoria Station in central London amid commuter chaos due to Tube strikes Rain falls on fed-up commuters as they board a bus in central London on Monday The usually packed Victoria station was boarded up on Monday morning due to the RMT strike The RMT said that, under current proposals, 600 jobs will be lost, working agreements will be torn up and the looming threat to pensions remains in place Workers browse on their phones as they wait in line to board buses outside Victoria station on Monday morning A packed out bus pulls into Victoria station as long forms queue amid the RMT-led strike action on the Tube networks Long snaking queues seen at a taxi rank outside Victoria station amid the commuter chaos on Monday morning Commuters at Waterloo Station in London on Monday, as Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are taking industrial action in a dispute over jobs and pensions Fed up passengers wait for buses in wet and grey conditions outside Victoria station on Monday morning Why are the tube drivers striking and what do they want?

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