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The irate Londoner was filmed stepping in front of a packed 123 bus in Blackhorse Road in a desperate bid to get fellow passengers on board

Daniel Randall, assistant chair of the RMT Bakerloo branch, emphasised the Tube strike - unlike the national rail strike - was not about pay

The Elizabeth line train drivers are employed by a contractor, MTR, rather than London Underground

Workers face packed buses and long waits for limited train services as biggest rail strike in 30 years kicks off

Angry commuters and tourists branded striking rail and Tube workers “unbelievably selfish” as their walkouts crippled the capital’s network and left travel plans in tatters.

Travellers advised to ‘avoid travelling where possible’

The industrial action will cause the biggest disruption to train services for decades.

Now is not the time for drop intros – we can leave those at home – but if you read only one piece on the rail and Tube strikes, make it this one by transport journalist Christian Wolmar.

The biggest rail strike in 30 years is planned for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with London Underground crippled on Tuesday from a walkout on a scale not seen since 1989

Just because Londoners are famous the world over for queuing, doesn’t mean we enjoy it. This week, commuters are bracing themselves for long lines at bus stations, on the roads and in whatever transport services are still running, as three days of national rail strikes are set to combine with…

As London braces itself for an onslaught of industrial action across the transport network, what’s at stake, what is the Mayor doing — and will it continue for months? Christian Wolmar reports