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| Tube strike today — live: Delays expected as commuters struggle to get home amid walkout by Underground staff | Tube strike today — live: Delays expected as commuters struggle to get home amid walkout by Underground staff |
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| ● Londoners share hilarious memes on Twitter | |
| ● GoPro shows the biggest obstacle cyclists face | |
| ● Lengthy bus queues form at Victoria station | |
| ● Underground driver writes open letter on walkout | |
| ● Uber fares increase by 300 per cent | ● Uber fares increase by 300 per cent |
| ● Three maps to get yourself round London | ● Three maps to get yourself round London |
| ● The five essential apps you’ll need | ● The five essential apps you’ll need |
| ● Map tells you the time to walk between stations | ● Map tells you the time to walk between stations |
| ● What transport is still running in London? | ● What transport is still running in London? |
| Please allow a moment for the live blog to load | Please allow a moment for the live blog to load |
| London Underground staff have gone on strike over pay affecting millions of commuters this morning as they struggle to get into work. | London Underground staff have gone on strike over pay affecting millions of commuters this morning as they struggle to get into work. |
| The strike started at 6.30pm Wednesday and is due to last until 9.30pm this evening – stretching into Friday as travel bosses warned that further disruption was expected on Friday morning. | The strike started at 6.30pm Wednesday and is due to last until 9.30pm this evening – stretching into Friday as travel bosses warned that further disruption was expected on Friday morning. |
| Across London queues and packed crowds have already started forming around bus stops and in busy train stations. | Across London queues and packed crowds have already started forming around bus stops and in busy train stations. |
| Photographs emerging from Clapham Junction, one of London’s busiest travel hubs, show huge crowds as reports emerge that fares for Uber – a hugely popular taxi app service – have spiked by as much as 300 per cent. | Photographs emerging from Clapham Junction, one of London’s busiest travel hubs, show huge crowds as reports emerge that fares for Uber – a hugely popular taxi app service – have spiked by as much as 300 per cent. |
| Talks between Transport for London and the Unions broke down over negations over night Tubes – due to come into effect from this September – and pay. | Talks between Transport for London and the Unions broke down over negations over night Tubes – due to come into effect from this September – and pay. |