
Commuters line up for buses in central London on Monday during a 24-hour Tube strike.                  Millions
 of Londoners battled to get to work on Monday because of a Tube strike 
that brought traffic to a standstill, giving many no other alternative 
but to walk. 
All London Underground
 stations in the city center remained closed in the morning amid the 
protracted dispute with trade unions over job cuts and the closure of 
ticket offices to make way for full automation. 
 
Elsewhere
 services were 67 percent staffed, according to Sadiq Khan, the mayor of
 London.  Unions said in many cases trains were running but were not 
stopping at stations. 
Transport for London said an additional 150 buses had been laid on but many were too crowded to stop for waiting passengers. 
Khan, whose father was a London bus driver, said in an earlier tweet the strike was "totally unnecessary."  
The disputes between the RMT
 and TSSA unions and Transport for London, the organization that runs 
London's buses and tubes, began during the tenure of the previous mayor 
Boris Johnson, now the Foreign Secretary. 
Last minute talks failed to avert the 24-hour strike, which ends at 6 p.m. (1 p.m. ET). 
Frustrated commuters took to social media to share photographs of their  journey to work.


 
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