London Underground strike action - in pictures

An unusually high number of cyclists head to work along London's cycle paths at Tavistock Place. Photograph: Edd Griffin/Rex Features

Commuters queue for access to the Jubilee line at Waterloo station. Photograph: Hannah McKay/National Pictures

Queues for buses at Victoria. Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

TFL staff redirect commuters at Victoria.

Perplexed commuters wait patiently for buses at Victoria.

Commuters line up at closed ticket barriers at Victoria. Photographs: Andy Rain/EPA

Pedestrians and cyclists cross Waterloo Bridge. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

A passenger waits for a tube that did not arrive on an empty platform during rush hour at Oxford Circus. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

Commuters arriving at Waterloo station set off on foot to complete their journeys. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Mayor of London Boris Johnson (right) shakes hands with a London Underground worker during a visit to London Bridge station. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

A packed bus travels past the IMAX cinema at Waterloo.

Pedestrians walk north across London Bridge. Photographs: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A train approaches the opposite platform on the District line at Victoria. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA

Commuters crowd Waterloo station.

Taxis prove a popular alternative at Waterloo. Photographs: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

RMT union members hand out leaflets to the public explaining the reasons for the strike at East Finchley. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

Crowds pour out of Waterloo station. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Demotix/Corbis

A staff member for Network Rail redirects customers at Waterloo. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Demotix/Corbis

Commuters squeeze on to a tube at Oxford Street.

A closed entrance to Piccadilly Circus.

A Bakerloo line train sits idle on the Central line at Oxford Street. Photographs: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images