London Tube strike

If you're walking or cycling home or queuing for a bus, you'll be glad to know it's going to be a dry evening with most cloud melting away.

There could be a light wind making it feel cooler especially in more suburban areas of the outer boroughs such as Bromley and Richmond.

Min temp 11C (52F)

Rebecca Soni contacted BBC London because her mother, who has cancer, had to resort to walking from Warwick Avenue to Harley Street for treatment because of the travel disruption.

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"For a healthy person this is fine, but not really acceptable for Mum," she said.

According to this Tube map, developed by a health website BBC reporter Ed Davey writes, he would burn a princely 215 calories on his pleasant stroll from Elephant and Castle to Oxford Circus, the nearest Tube station to New Broadcasting House.

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Why, that's equivalent to a bagel with honey!

Congestion is much worse this evening than during the morning rush hour, say Tom Tom traffic analysts.

Traffic peaked today at 17:52 when there were 894 separate traffic jams causing 500 miles (804 km) of tailbacks.

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That's more than double this morning's congestion, when there were 428 jams and nearly 200 miles (321 km) of tailbacks.

But neither figure exceeds the tailbacks during the strike in July, when there were 1495 jams and 833 miles (1,340 km) of delays during the evening rush hour.

A long-serving LU train driver, who wished to remain anonymous, told BBC News: "We get paid an amazing salary and the holidays are great too [43 days leave including eight bank holidays] but why should I be forced to work nights and more weekends when that is not what I signed up for?

It's about the principle of changing our working conditions without discussions. I hate striking but I will continue to do so until the company listens or they make it illegal to strike.

I feel sorry for commuters but instead of complaining to staff, they should complain to TfL and stand up for their rights too."

David Wartnaby has spotted an advert for a "discipline engineer" which he jokingly says should mean the end of Tube strikes:

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Here's the full advert in the London Evening Standard which is actually for a lift engineer:

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If Tube drivers think the commuters of London are on their side they are greatly mistaken. It is time for London to bring out that Blitz spirit and never give in to these blackmailing unions. If LU gives in again it will never stop.

Perhaps we should have a London-wide referendum on their pay and conditions request, after all we (the commuters), will ultimately end up paying for whatever deal they get; shouldn't we have a say?

Two lanes are blocked on the M25 anti-clockwise from J19 for Watford to J18 for Chorleywood.

For more updates visit the BBC London travel page or follow @BBCTravelAlert

Long bus queues are snaking around Shepherds Bush station, tweets @thebuja.

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Ken Davidson, TfL's head of bus operations, said: "The remarks made by this bus driver were totally unacceptable and we apologise to the passengers who bore the brunt of them. The bus driver was immediately removed from duty and we have taken this up with the company that employed him."

Horrible bottleneck out of Blackfriars station up to the bridge, tweets Lydia Fowles:

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TfL Travel Alerts tweets: Extra river services will operate today between central London and Canary Wharf, and central London and Putney https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube-strike

With Tube trains not due to resume running a full service again until Friday morning, how do you cope with the industrial action?

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Here's what you need to know about dealing with the strike.

TfL traffic news says: Congestion remains on A501 Euston Rd (sheer weight of traffic). E/B qs from Pancras Rd to elevated A40 & beyond the Paddington exit slip.

A woman who filmed an altercation between a bus driver and a fellow passenger, has told BBC News the driver allegedly "even tried to hit a black male passenger for stepping on the bus when it was packed which resulted in the male's glasses almost falling off his face, the driver switching off his engine and then this argument stirring as the driver was extremely rude from the get go."

The footage, taken by the woman who wishes to remain anonymous, shows the driver swearing at another passenger who came to the traveller's defence.

There's long delays anti-clockwise on the M25 with traffic queuing from J17 Maple Cross to J12 for the M3.

Jonathan Slack emails: I drove in today. Predictable nose to tail traffic along the Mile End Road, which is exacerbated by the CS2 works along its whole length.

London can't afford to have events like this strike without it causing huge inconvenience to the travelling public.

LU/TFL and the Unions need to sort this out. I am incredulous that with almost a year's notice of 24-hour working, proper arrangements have not been put in place.

TfL says buses in zones 1 and 2 are delayed by up to an hour because of increased demand during the Tube strike.

Thousands of commuters trying to get home during the Tube strike are taking the bus, which TfL says are delayed by up to an hour in current traffic.

One passenger John Keeley tweets: "It's 24 degrees. A bit of air con would help. About to faint."

The Tube strike has seen thousands of people walking home after work. The pavements and roads are very busy as you can see from this vine.

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"I feel alienated by a company that treats staff as if they are slaves. In any work place where terms and conditions are changed without consultation there will be uproar. Thankfully we have our unions to back us," one Tube worker told the Guardian newspaper.

The paper asks, why can't TfL, the Mayor's Office and the unions agree?

One lane is closed and there is queuing traffic on A12 Eastern Avenue eastbound in Wanstead at George Green Tunnel, because of an accident involving two lorries and a car.

There's also congestion to Bromley By Bow.

The Tube strikes are prompting many people to cycle to and from work for the first time.

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What are the key tips for cyclists who have never braved rush-hour urban traffic?

Traffic is at a standstill at New Oxford Street heading westbound by Tottenham Court Road station.

Visit the BBC's London's travel page for more updates.

Some Southern Rail services have been cancelled because of a knock-on effect of a tree that fell on the line earlier at Brockley.

It advises passengers to check services with National Rail Enquiries.

You can get the latest updates from @BBCTravelAlert.

Clive tweeted: "Real people hit by the Tube strike are public health workers/patients. Businesses can survive a day, some people cannot."

On foot, four wheels, two wheels, or perhaps a bicycle - how are you planning to get home this evening?

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Get in touch by tweeting @BBCLondonNews, emailing london.local@bbc.co.uk or by contacting us on the BBC London Facebook page.

Matt Churchill emailed us to express his support for the London Underground workers who are on strike.

He wrote: "If my employer decided to change my working conditions (I work in an office, 9-5) to make me worse off without consultation, I'd be pretty upset about it too.

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"Without strikes we'd not be able to defend our working rights. That the unions are generally so weak is a cause of worsening pay and conditions. We need strong unions to support people at work from being taken advantage of by their employers, both in the public and private sector.

"If people are adversely affected by the strikes, it highlights just how reliant we are on that service. We should be supporting those on strike because ultimately a happy workforce will be a productive one, providing users of that service with a better product."

What do you think? Get in touch by tweeting @BBCLondonNews, emailing london.local@bbc.co.uk or by contacting us on the BBC London Facebook page.

A bus driver has been suspended for allegedly making racist comments towards a passenger who tried to board a bus outside St Paul's Tube station.

The agency driver is understood to have a clean licence and was working for Travel Masters to help out with increased demand during the strike.

Travel Masters transport supervisor Martin Clark, told BBC News: "I'm obviously very disappointed this has happened. He is not an employee of our company but I rang him up and said you can't drive our buses any more. I said he had to get out and make his own way back to collect his car because he could not use our vehicles."

Victoria Reece emailed to say the London Underground workers on strike were "pathetic and greedy to cause such disruption".

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She said: "I am beginning to find this absolutely ridiculous and in fact this strike does not make me want to listen to the unions.

"If anything this strike is pushing me further and further toward the idea of driverless tubes, although even then you just know they'd find something to strike about as is their unfortunate nature."

We've seen a lot of congestion on the roads today, but perhaps not quite as bad as the last Tube strike.

• 250 extra buses are adding to the jams: extra traffic means extra pressure for ongoing roadworks around Whitechapel, Lower Thames Street, Tower Bridge, Victoria Embankment, the Oval, Farringdon Road, Holborn, Elephant & Castle, Shoreditch and the Bounds Green Road
• The A501 Marylebone Rd/Euston Rd has been very heavy as it's on the edge of the Congestion Charge zone
• Other public transport is not affected, apart from planned engineering works
• There are additional cycle hire hubs and river services and these have proved very popular

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Follow @BBCTravelAlert or listen to BBC London 94.9 for the latest updates every 15 minutes.

With an increased amount of commuters taking to London's roads during the Tube strike, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has warned people to take care.

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Kevin Clinton, head of road safety for RoSPA, said: "London's roads and pavements will be busier during the Tube strike, and people may be rushing to avoid being late. Everyone should take extra care to look out for each other, and drivers in particular give cyclists and pedestrians space and time, especially at junctions."

What we know so far about the Tube strike:

• Tube services stopped running from 18:30 yesterday and will remain closed all day with services resuming tomorrow, Transport for London (TfL) said.
• London Overground, DLR, Transport for London Rail and trams are all operating a normal service throughout the strike
• The RMT, TSSA, Unite and Aslef unions say the dispute with London Underground (LU) is about workers' pay and conditions associated with the new night Tube working
• The unions have rejected a deal including a 2% average pay rise for all Tube employees plus a £500 launch bonus
• The unions say they want Tube workers to be fairly compensated for night working, which has been linked to poor health
• LU says it put forward an "extremely fair revised offer"
• Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "In this climate it is just unreasonable for the management to put more money on the table".

Have you ever wondered what 10 things have been brilliant about the Tube strike, the website Shortlist has listed them...or maybe not....

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You can take a look at the list here.

Transport for London tweets: If you're cycling today please take care - there will be extra traffic on the roads. See our safety tips here: http://ow.ly/Qxm6l

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emailed us to say: I live in East London and work in West London. It took me 4 hours to get home from work at the last strike and I am not looking forward to travelling back home today. Today's travel to work was a total pain.

One bus decided to terminate at Angel where about 40-50 people were already waiting for buses. I then had to walk it from Euston to Paddington area as the buses were jam packed. By the time I arrived at work my knee and back were in agony (due to health issues).

A London Tube strike is often a prompt for people to cycle to work for the first time. What are the key tips for someone who can cycle but has never braved rush-hour urban traffic?

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Transport for London advises people who own a bike to ride it to work but what should unfamiliar cyclists do if they choose to commute this way, asks Jon Kelly.

The Woolwich Ferry has resumed service in both directions after it was closed earlier due to a "mechanical issue".

For the latest travel updates visit the BBC travel website.

Extra cycle hire station near St Paul's. Barely being used.

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For more follow @JSavageTweets on Twitter.

Were the odds in your favour this morning? Let's hope you didn't have to battle through the "Tube Strike Games" to get into work as imagined by coffee shop / bar Shoreditch Grind.

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Thanks for all your comments on BBC London's Facebook page, on email and tweets to @BBCLondonNews on Twitter about the 24-hour Tube strike.

Here are some of the ones we've received:

Sue Deacon emailed to say: "I think people are concentrating too much on Tube train drivers as the main reason for the strikes. Has no one noticed that station staff are also on strike or any of the other reasons for the dispute? It is not only about pay. It has been stated by the union that the pay offer is fine. It is also about changes in work patterns of ALL staff of underground being imposed on us for one."

Dean McFarlane wrote on Facebook: "People seriously take the Tube for granted. My comment isn't referring to the strike, I am talking generally when it is running."

Rebecca Soni tweets: "No one is mentioning hospital visits. My mother, with grade 3 cancer, had to walk to her radiotherapy session. No sympathy for tube drivers."

You don't tend to get any negotiations on strike day - but I spoke to the chief negotiator for Transport for London this morning and he said something interesting.

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He was wondering aloud if something had been lost in translation - he said we have gone as far as we can go in terms of money but we can see there appears to still be this lack of trust and doubt about what this will mean for rosters and how many weekends and how many nights they are going to have work.

The hope is that communication be can be overcome in some way.

The unions certainly don't give any indication at the moment that they see any positive signs in what's being offered by management, but talks, we're told, will resume next week.

London's Mayor has said the current deal offered to the unions would be as good as it is going to get.

Boris Johnson told us: "In this climate it is just unreasonable for the management to put more money on the table.

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"I think what they need to do is put the offer - a very fair one - they need to take that and show it to their membership and get back to work as soon as possible."

Speaking to BBC London News, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union reps outlined why they felt the need to take industrial action.

Steve Hedley, from the RMT, said: "The rosters that have been put out are the rosters from hell - 23 weekends out of 24 weeks, weeks and weeks of nights and weeks on roster where they can do what they want with people.

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"It is an indication that all four transport unions for the first time ever have opposed this and come out together.

"At the end of the day we have to find a solution to this, but they have got to realise if they want to cover more shifts they can't do away with 800 jobs on top of the 2,000 they have done away with already."

The new night Tube services are meant to be introduced on 12 September and the deadline is looking increasingly shaky.

Transport for London is saying it has twice now improved an offer to drivers in terms of pay - the latest a £200 payment per night shift you work over the first transition period when they are introduced.

The unions say they have not put that new offer to their members, but they have talked to their reps. In turn the reps have been talking to their members across London and they do not feel reassured about what the new rosters will mean.

They are still concerned about what this will do to their work-life balance.

Most people decided to swap to the bus, mainline rail or bicycle to get to work during a Tube strike, but not Alan Price.

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He was pictured cycling to work across Battersea Bridge on a Penny Farthing. Can you beat this? Let us know how you got into work or how you're planning to get home.

Get in touch by tweeting @BBCLondonNews, emailing london.local@bbc.co.uk or by contacting us on the BBC London Facebook page.

So TfL added 250 extra buses when there are normally 7,000 of them? That is only 3.5% more. How many % more bus passengers are out today?

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I am emailing as my daughter lives and works in London and will have to leave home 2 hours earlier to get to work and have the same 2 hour journey home when she finishes work at 7.30pm.

She is paid just above minimum wage despite having a masters degree and has 20 days' holiday.

Tube drivers should grow up and think about the people who are affected by this strike, they are on a very good wage and have excellent benefits including 43 days holiday. Shame on you.

London's streets are busy as Tube staff from four unions strike today. Here is a recap of what you can expect.

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• All Tube stations are expected to remain closd until tomorrow morning
• An extra 250 buses will be laid on during the strike, however, remember you can't use cash on them only contactless or Oyster cards
• Extra river services will run during peak hours
• Temporary cycle hire hubs have been created to offering more bikes for hire
• Prices will likely increase and demand will be high for taxis and minicabs

Transport for London has a complete break down of how transport in the capital will be affected.

Peter Austin, managing director at London Overground, said Clapham Junction was around 40% busier than usual.

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"It's a very busy day for us at Clapham Junction across the London Overground typically we carry about 500,000 people today but we will be carrying nearly 750,000 today because of the strike," he said.

"We've got lots of volunteers from HQ and across the grades helping to try and keep the trains moving."

In response to Brian Long's comment to Tube driver Aaron that "you knew what the job entailed before signing up" - what a massive own-goal of a comment!

Yes, staff knew what the job entailed when signing up and that certainly did NOT included poorly-planned and chaotically-implemented night-shift working!

It is the attempt by management to radically move the goalposts from those that staff signed up to - and without any proper negotiation - that has caused this strike. If Brian Long was suddenly ordered by his employer to work night shifts presumably he would just suck it up? More fool him and any worker that did. Such submissiveness is one of the reasons workers living standards have been in decline for the last 3 decades.

I am a mainline Train Driver and we are 100% behind our Underground colleagues today and would be striking in support of them if only the rotten Tory anti-union laws weren't tying our hands behinds our backs.

Like the last Tube strike, bikes are a popular way of getting around - here's the story in numbers:

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Just walked (overground) along the route of the Central Line from King's Cross to Oxford Circus.

While the buses heading eastbound are not carrying a single soul, the buses passing me on the way into the city are jam-packed with passengers' faces and bodies pressed against the glass doors.

You can also see that commuters are standing two to a step on the internal stairways. Those passengers must be relieved that the temperatures are not more typical of an August day.

A woman has been taken to hospital following an earlier collision between a van and a cyclist at Bank junction.

The roads have reopened, City Police tweeted.

ChrisHawkswell, EP07 tweets: "We have extra @LAS_CycleTeam medics working today to beat the #TubeStrike traffic. Remember to #UseUsWisely"

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City Police tweets: #Bankjunction (west side) is currently closed due to a road traffic collision between a van & cyclist. @CityPolice & @Ldn_ambulance on scene

There are delays in the Bank area due to an accident involving a cyclist on Poultry in the City of London.

For the latest travel updates follow @BBCTravelAlert on Twitter.

Traffic jams have been reported in London with 200 miles of tailbacks as London Underground workers went on strike.

At 08:45am there were 428 separate traffic jams causing 197 miles of tailbacks, according to traffic experts at TomTom.

That was double the congestion at the same time last Thursday, although not as bad as the previous Tube strike in July when there were 1,445 jams and 761 miles of delays.

The most congested roads were around Parliament Square and on the A40 from Wood Lane to Marylebone Road.

The only journey Dave the dog is taking today is to bed it seems from this picture Mark Lilystone tweeted, well it's probably safer considering the entire Tube network is shutdown for a 24-hour strike.

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We've had a few responses to the differing views between Sue Hudson and Aaron on BBC London Live today. This is what Sue and Aaron said:

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Lizabeth Hood emailed in response to Aaron on working times, she said: "That is his job to work those hours, which he gets paid for, and I have no doubt overtime as well.

"Those of us on salaried jobs that contain no overtime payments are not getting paid for extra hours we are spending travelling.

"I can only hope that Boris never gives in to these bullying tactics from the unions, the Bus Drivers deserve all the praise today for their work keeping London going today."

Brian Long writes: "The tube driver who states he get up at 3am - you knew what the job entailed before signing up - like any shift worker. Get over it or get a 9-5 job."

What do you think? Email london.local@bbc.co.uk

Alex emailed london.local@bbc.co.uk to say: "Lets make sure we acknowledge the extra contribution London's Train and Bus drivers and Station staff are making today.

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"Thank you to them. I am sure they are working in a much more stressful environment where commuters are frustrated at the expense of their Tube driving colleagues."

BBC London Travel presenter Rob Oxley has the latest on the travel situation in the capital:

• Central London is very busy with queues on the main roads in to town. The A13 is slow from Canary Wharf, the A11 slow from Bow and the A40 from White City.
• We've had reports of many busy platforms and stations. Long queues for buses and the Thames Clippers reported it was very busy.
• TfL Rail, the DLR and Tramlink aren't affected by the strike and haven't had any disruptions this morning. London Overground, however, has no service between Sydenham and Crystal Palace because of a signal failure. Southern which was also affected is now back to normal.
• South West Trains has a reduced service to Wimbledon and Twickenham/ Shepperton because of another signal failure.

For the latest travel updates visit the BBC travel website or follow @BBCTravelAlert.

Here's the scene at Liverpool Street station where lots of Transport for London ambassadors are helping confused tourists and commuters.

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For more follow @RPMain on Twitter.

Aaron has emailed london.local@bbc.co.uk in response to an earlier posting from Sue Hudson here on the BBC London Live, where she said she was "totally cheesed off" at having to wake up at 05:00 to get a bus to Liverpool Street.

Aaron said: "To the woman who messaged in about being up at silly o'clock, 5am?!

"I'm a tube driver and 3am is normal for me or getting home at 2am after a late shift. 5am is a lie in for us."

emailed us to say: Important closing deal scheduled for today that has to be rearranged for the tube strike. The potential cost to my business is high. Shall I send a recoupment invoice to the union who seem to think they are above taking responsibility for continued strikes?

Mark Humphris ‏tweeted this picture of an extra bus on London's roads. He added: "Great to see the old boys out when there needed".

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Rob Oxley at BBC London Travel said there are usually about 7,000 buses on London's roads but about 250 extra ones are being brought in by Transport for London. Listen to BBC London 94.9 for travel updates every 15 minutes.

As Tube strikes cause chaos in London once again, many commuters are looking with envy at the generous pay and benefits given to the Underground's drivers, writes Doug Bolt in the Independent.

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When sweating on an overcrowded bus, it might even be tempting to consider giving up your current job and trying become a Tube driver. After all, you're a good worker, how hard can it be? Quite difficult, as it turns out.

Ak$h4Y tweets: Wembley Central, I love you but I must leave you, I can't get on a single Overground train! #TubeStrike

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Thanks for all your emails, tweets and Facebook messages about the Tube strike.

Lee Point emailed london.local@bbc.co.uk, he said: "I find the problem is I couldn't afford to go on strike if I wanted to, whereas the overpaid drivers can easily afford to go on strike to add to their ample holiday.

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"Each increase in pay just adds to the problem. Each strike the support for driverless train increases tenfold, unions are playing a dangerous game!"

What do you think? Do you support the strike? Get in touch by tweeting @BBCLondonNews, emailing london.local@bbc.co.uk or by contacting us on the BBC London Facebook page.

emailed us this picture. "Boris did promise to bring back the Routemaster… Vintage bus pressed into action by TfL in Shoreditch."

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Peter White ‏tweets: These are the London bound platforms at Putney this morning!

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Steve Davison tweets: #tubestrike genius - just saw some guys flag down a London open top tour bus to get to work. Crazy line at bus stop versus an open top ride.

There is no service between Sydenham and West Croydon on London Overground while it fixes a signal failure at Sydenham.

For the latest travel updates follow @BBCTravelAlert on Twitter.

Clapham Junction is busy with people queuing to get into the station. Victoria Sutherland tweeted: "Someone tell them about the alternative entrance!

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There are a number of entrances to Clapham junction, including on St John's Hill, north entrance from Grant Road and the Brighton Yard entrance.

Harry Aagaard Evans ‏tweets: The current queue at Clapham Junction for the Overground. Thank god they're unwrapping all those 5th carriages.

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Sue Hudson emails: Up at 0500, on the 23 bus at 0540 to Liverpool Street and totally cheesed off! I don't understand what the tube drivers have got to complain about: they are on a salary most of us can only dream about, with a superb holiday package and free transport. I have absolutely NO sympathy for them whatsoever.

David Leam, from the business group London First, says plans to tighten the rules on strike ballots would not have made a difference to the current 24-hour action.

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Mr Lean, who was a special advisor for the Department of Transport under Labour, told BBC London 94.9: "On this strike and some recent strikes it would not have made much difference in practice.

"Ultimately, these disputes are industrial and they will be sorted out by the management and the workforce through the unions talking to each other."‏

Stefan Misara tweets: It has begun. The #TubeStrike is on again. No tube, only bus. Hello Paddington. They are on strike, we suffer #fail

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According to data from Transport for London there are about 7,000 buses on the road plus the 250 extra.

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For the latest travel updates visit the BBC Travel website.

BBC London Travel presenter Rob Oxley says: "There's now 6,829 cycle hire bikes available for hire, which is fewer than last night.

"The peak was 7,959 last night just before 19:00."

told us this on WhatsApp: Currently in Liverpool Street and the queue for the bus stretches all the way long the concourse!

The mayor of London has said he is "not fixated" on the night Tube service starting on the planned date of 12 September.

Boris Johnson told BBC London 94.9's Breakfast Show: "The way forward is to get this excellent deal to their membership. It's a terrific deal.

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"No driver is being asked to work more hours than they do today. The Night Tube is going to be fantastic for London it will cut journey times, people who need to get to their work with anti-social hours will be able to with ease.

He added: "I'm sorry for the inconvenience people are facing today. Everybody is getting fixated on 12 September, I'm not, all I have said is I want it to be in by the autumn.

"What they should do is call off this stupid strike and put this deal to their members and stop flexing their muscles."

Ryan emails us with this: I'm new to London so walking from Victoria to Leicester Square is a great way to see this great city. I may do it every day until winter!

Boris Johnson has told BBC London 94.9's Breakfast Show he would not wade in to the dispute between the unions and London Underground.

"It is it is total nonsense to say I haven't met the union leadership. Over the years I have met them many times but what I won't do is sit down and negotiate with them when they are holding a gun to Londoners' heads," he said.

"This is something for the management of London Underground and it would be totally wrong for politicians to weigh in."

Commuters have been advised to walk to work, where possible.

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Transport for London said travel ambassadors will be handing out maps at transport hubs.

Extra buses have been provided during the 24-hour Tube strike which began yesterday evening, but there have been busy scenes at some stations, including Stratford.

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Commuters have also been reminded that London buses no longer accept cash and travellers must use Oyster or contactless cards to pay for journeys.

On BBC London 94.9, Penny Smith and Paul Ross asked Mick Whelan, the general secretary of Aslef, why they were striking if London Underground said staff would not have to work on the night Tube if they did not want to.

"I think someone is lying to you," Mr Whelan said. "I think it is quite clear they have said people will work these rosters."

"They won't give us guarantees about who will do what, what they will get paid for it, what the effect on people's livelihoods will be, how many weekends they will work, what it will do to the roster overall - how then if no-one has to do this why are we in this position?

"We are not getting sufficient answers to go to our members and put something to them and say this is an acceptable way forward."

The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) has outlined why it is taking part in the industrial action over the night Tube.

The union said it supports the new all night service but its members had some concerns, including:

• Safety concerns - the union believe staff have not been consulted properly over key aspects of Health and Safety
• Significant changes to working practices - the TSSA say London Underground (LU) is disregarding existing agreements and working arrangements
• The TSSA believe LU will undermine the work-life balance of staff with increased night-working, fewer weekends and further to travel to work
• The union says LU has offered only a one-off non-pensionable payments in return for staff implementing and delivering Night Tube.

Andy Mackie tweets: Barely crawling over Kew bridge at half seven. It's going to be hell on the roads this morning. #TubeStrike

There is stop start queue building up on the approach to Target Roundabout in Northolt, north west London.

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For more follow @SitalaPeek on Twitter.

If you're not used to walking to work TfL has more than 600 "travel ambassadors" on hand to help you, visitors and tourists get to your destinations on foot, by bus, bike or other means.

Tom Kay tweets: Kings Cross picket stands strong.

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Kathryn Stillman tweets: Gearing up for Euston-Barts Hospital walk. Trainers on & plotting coffee shops along route. #walklondon #tubestrike

Alessandra Bonomolo tweeted this picture of Gospel Oak on her way to work.

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Speaking to BBC London 94.9, London Underground's Chief Operating Officer Steve Griffiths said: "We are operationally ready to deliver the night Tube on 12 September and the only thing that is in our way is reaching this agreement with the unions.

"We need to seek a resolution, but as we have said all the way along it cannot be at any cost."

Extra cycle hire bikes are available at:

• Abbey Orchard Street (Victoria)
• Soho Square (Soho)
• Houghton Street (Strand)
• Finsbury Square (Moorgate)
• Waterloo Place (St James)
• Chapel Place (Marylebone)
• Concert Hall Approach (Waterloo)

Cycle hubs at Waterloo, Stonecutter Street (near Holborn and the City), Newgate Street (Bank/Cheapside/St. Paul's) and Belgrove Street (Kings Cross) will also have more cycles than usual.

For more information visit the Santander Cycles website.

Passengers have been left behind at Shepherd's Bush Green due to a full 94 bus.

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For more follow @BexWills on Twitter.

Jonathan Ho tweets: Rather blurry as taken on bus but Paddington station area is getting crowded.

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London Overground tweets: Please note- stations on the network such as Hackney Central & Clapham High St are already getting busy, pls allow extra time.

Transport for London is advising commuters:

• From 07:00 taxi marshals will be on hand to help manage demand at taxi ranks at Charing Cross, Euston, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Marylebone, Stratford, St Pancras, Victoria and Waterloo
• About 250 extra buses will be put on during the strike
• Chiltern Railways services will be affected between London and Aylesbury, via Amersham
• Extra river services are also planned during peak hours from central London to Canary Wharf and Putney
• The Emirates Air Line cable car is also open until 23:00 tonight. Travelcards will be accepted
• For drivers, the congestion charge remains in place from 07:00 to 18:00, but some road works have been delayed or reduced.

For more information visit the Transport for London website.

Ja sam Berto tweets: #tubestrike, survival of the fittest on packed buses...manners out the door.

Roxy Baker tweets: ‏Not even 6.30 and you can barely get on the 205 at Bow Church...its first stop.... Great one London #tubestrike

How will you be getting to work today? We'd like to know so please send us your pictures and how you're planning to get around the capital during the industrial action - whether it's by scooter or on foot.

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Get in touch by tweeting @BBCLondonNews, emailing london.local@bbc.co.uk or by contacting us on the BBC London Facebook page.

The vehicle ferry is not operating on the Woolwich Ferry northbound in Woolwich between South Pier and North Pier, because of technical problems. Passengers are still able to board.

For the latest travel updates visit the BBC travel website.

Here is all you need to know about the best way to get around the capital during the Tube strike courtesy of the BBC London Travel team.

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Transport for London (TfL) is reminding commuters that cash fares aren't accepted on buses and you must use Oyster or a contactless card. You can find Oyster Ticket Stops here.

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There are delays of up to 15 minutes on First Great Western services between Ealing and Paddington and on South West Trains between Norbiton and Strawberry Hill due to signalling problems.

For the latest travel updates visit the BBC travel website or follow @BBCTravelAlert.

BBC London reporter Alice Bhandhukravi is at King's Cross station for BBC Breakfast. She said: "The gates are firmly closed at King's Cross station as they will be at all of London's 270 Tube stations.

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"It is the second such walkout in this dispute over plans to introduce all night services on the Tube and you will see behind me a picket line forming.

"The unions are unhappy with the conditions being offered to drivers so they are taking action for this 24-hour period."

Londoners are now in full-on strike-mode and getting around as best they can without the Tube. Here's a reminder of what it's all about.

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• Drivers are unhappy at pay and conditions offered for working on the new Night Tube service set to begin on 12 September
• Members of the four unions - RMT, TSSA, Unite and Aslef are walking out causing a total shut-down of the Tube network
• The unions have rejected a deal including a 2% salary increase this year, an extra £200 per night shift for drivers for a limited time, a £500 bonus for night Tube staff when the service is introduced in September and a shorter working week
• London Underground says it will not offer a better deal and union representatives should put it to their members

If you're walking today because of the industrial action it will be a rather cloudy start to the day, with perhaps the odd spot of rain in places.

The cloud will begin to break up throughout the day, allowing some warm spells of sunshine to develop.

Maximum temperature: 24C (75F)

The DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail, Tramlink and National Rail services are not affected by the Tube strike and currently have a good service.

We're expecting them to be busy but there are no reports of any problems yet.

However, it's already starting to get busy on the roads. The Highway is slow from Wapping because of roadworks.

We've got updates every 15 minutes on BBC London 94.9 and on Twitter follow @BBCTravelAlert.

Welcome to Thursday's BBC London Live.

If you didn't already know there's a Tube strike today and so no service on the entire network until tomorrow morning.

I'll be bringing you all the latest news and travel information to help you get around the capital today.

If you want to get in touch email london.locallive@bbc.co.uk or post a message on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter @BBCLondonNews