London tube strike causes travel chaos

Earl's Court station: commuters make their way home on Tuesday evening, minutes before the start of the RMT's 48-hour strike Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

A box filled with leaflets detailing alternative travel options is left outside a tube station Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Commuters make their way home on Tuesday evening Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Londoners make their way home on Tuesday while tube trains are still running Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Victoria station: Passengers are advised on alternative routes by London Underground staff Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

Great Portland Street station: advertisements for cycling and Thames boat services are posted either side of the locked gates of the station Photograph: Katie Collins/PA

Underground trains remain at their depot in west London Photograph: Martin Godwin

Embankment pier: commuters queue to board a river ferry Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Boarding the ferry Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Victoria station: people wait to board a bus Photograph: PA

Many people take to walking or cycling across Waterloo bridge Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Vauxhall station: a man reads a notice informing the public of the tube strike Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Shepherd's Bush: queues at bus stops throughout the capital are common during the strike Photograph: Stephen Hird/Reuters

Victoria station: people try to board buses Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

Victoria station: it's a long wait for buses at Terminus Place Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

Waterloo bridge: two wheels seems to be the best option, as a cyclist pedals along with a child sat on a seat attached to the bike's crossbar Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A slower than usual peloton passes pedestrians on Waterloo bridge Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

End of the line: Piccadilly line underground carriages line up at the Cockfosters depot Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A notice informing commuters of the RMT union's tube strike is displayed in Clapham Common station on day two of the strike Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

A person cycles in London as an underground train strike grips the city Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

A man examines the closed shutters at Pimlico underground station Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Commuters walk past a closed underground station Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, waits for an overground train on a busy platform after unveiling plans to keep the capital moving during the tube strike at London Bridge mainline station Photograph: /PA