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Would-be train commuters wait for buses at Victoria station, London, during a rail strike by members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. Getty Images
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Commuters at a closed Liverpool Street underground station. All London Underground lines are suspended, according to Transport for London’s website, amid strike action by thousands of workers. PA
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A packed Transport for London overground train service from Walthamstow, east London, towards central London. AFP
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People wait to get on a bus at Liverpool Street station. AP Photo
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People run for a bus in Stratford, east London. PA
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Members of the public queue to get a bus on Great Titchfield Street, central London. PA
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Union members on a picket line outside Oxford Street station.
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An empty Central Line platform at Ealing Broadway station. PA
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Crowds try to catch a bus in east London. PA
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A man stands outside a closed station. PA
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Commuters queue outside Waterloo station in London, as tube services remained disrupted on Wednesday morning. PA
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Long queues for a bus form outside Waterloo station. PA
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Would-be train commuters wait for buses at Victoria station, London, during a rail strike by members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. Getty Images
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Commuters at a closed Liverpool Street underground station. All London Underground lines are suspended, according to Transport for London’s website, amid strike action by thousands of workers. PA
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A packed Transport for London overground train service from Walthamstow, east London, towards central London. AFP
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People wait to get on a bus at Liverpool Street station. AP Photo
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Commuters at Stratford station in east London. PA
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People run for a bus in Stratford, east London. PA
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Members of the public queue to get a bus on Great Titchfield Street, central London. PA
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Union members on a picket line outside Oxford Street station.
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An empty Central Line platform at Ealing Broadway station. PA
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Crowds try to catch a bus in east London. PA
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A man stands outside a closed station. PA
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Commuters queue outside Waterloo station in London, as tube services remained disrupted on Wednesday morning. PA
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Long queues for a bus form outside Waterloo station. PA
How public transport in London went down the tubes
Transport network laid low by the pandemic, homeworking and cuts - but its problems aren’t insoluble
Tim Kiek
01 March, 2022
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