Tube strike: largest walkout in 13 years causes severe disruption in London
Metropolitan police managing crowds of people queuing for buses at Stratford station in London during the tube strike.
Londoners have had to deal with severe disruption to their morning commute during the biggest strike on the London Underground for 13 years.
Commuters faced lengthy and difficult trips to work on Thursday after the 24-hour industrial action, which began at 6.30pm on Wednesday, forced the entire tube network to close for the first time since 2002.
Some rail and bus services were reported to be full before 6am, and most cabs were booked up from Wednesday night. Some commuters walked to work in bright sunshine.
One traveller said police had been called to a bus stop after the driver refused to move the bus because it was too full. Writing on Twitter, th...
