People in the UK could be told to work from home during the mourning period for the Queen. It comes as crowds descend on London as people pay their respects.
A Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday that commuters may want to "change their working patterns accordingly". However, the spokesperson acknowledged that "not everyone will have that ability", Birmingham Live reports.
Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy said: "The transport industry is working hard to help people pay their respects in London and across the United Kingdom. Please make sure you check before you travel as we expect the road and transport networks to be busy."
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The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "At this point, we can't be more specific on numbers. We do expect it to be extremely busy. I think for the Queen Mother it was around 200,000 people (who attended), we expect (it) to be far more than that for this lying in state. But at this point, but we can't be more specific into exact numbers."
On whether commuters should work from home this week if they normally travel into the capital from outside London, he said some people "may wish to change their working patterns accordingly", but acknowledged "not everyone will have that ability".
Asked if there will be any facilities for people who physically cannot queue for 30 hours, he said: "Obviously we want everyone to be able to attend regardless of whether they have disabilities. Our focus is on ensuring they have the information needed to make the decision about what's right for them.
"There will be toilet facilities, there will be first aid available, there will be the ability for people obviously to go and use toilets and return to queues and things like that."
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