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  • Updates on Monday 9 January

  1. 133 stations are closedpublished at 10:48 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Rob Oxley
    BBC Radio London, Travel reporter

    There are 133 stations closed across the network. 

    Some 94 stations have trains running through but not stopping.

  2. Keep calm and play pianopublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Jennifer Meierhans
    BBC News Online

    Alicia Harries sent us this video of a man playing the piano at Clapham Junction in a bid to calm commuters.

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  3. Walking to workpublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

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  4. Late for a new job?published at 10:29 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    One man, who wished only to be named as Steve, was still waiting for a taxi at Liverpool Street at 08:45, 15 minutes before he was due to be on the 09:00 train from King's Cross to York. 

    He revealed he was starting a new job today. 

    He said of the Tube strike: "I did not know anything about it until yesterday afternoon."

  5. No cabs availablepublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Tracey Cooke, from Hertfordshire, who was waiting in line for a cab at Liverpool Street station, said there were no cars available through Uber or Addison Lee either. 

    "It is not good," she said.

    "When I got on the Stansted Express there were only four carriages - now I've been waiting for 45 minutes for a cab." 

  6. Khan: Tube strike 'completely unecessary'published at 10:11 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    BBC Radio London

    London mayor Sadiq Khan has spoken to BBC Radio London this morning giving his reaction to today's Tube strike.

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    I think today’s strike is completely unnecessary. I think the best way to resolve differences is around a table, talking amicably.

    Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

  7. Bus queues and bikes at Elephant & Castlepublished at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

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  8. 'Worst crowding for many years', say train bossespublished at 09:56 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Clapham Junction station in south-west London was evacuated due to "severe overcrowding", South West Trains said. 

    No trains were stopping at the station, which is normally served by trains to and from London Victoria and London Waterloo.

    Clapham JunctionImage source, Reuters

    A South West Trains spokesman said: "This is the worst crowding I've seen at Clapham Junction for many years - no amount of planning can mitigate for this." 

    More than 30 million passengers changed trains at the station in 2015/16, according to Office of Rail and Road figures, making it Britain's busiest interchange station.

  9. Clapham Junction reopenspublished at 09:55 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

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  10. Watch: Queueing for a bus. London stylepublished at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

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  11. 100 stations are closedpublished at 09:41 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Rob Oxley
    BBC Radio London, Travel reporter

    100 stations have been closed due to the Tube strike. There are 270 London Underground stations.

    45 stations are closed on parts of the tube network that is running with trains passing through them but not stopping.

  12. The scene at Victoria stationpublished at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

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  13. 'Strikes have made my life hell'published at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Sam Francis
    BBC News, London

    Luke Edwards, a student, was caught in the Tube strike at Victoria station.

    He had travelled from Sutton and was trying to get to university in east London.

    Luke has also been affected by the Southern rail strikes.

    He said the strikes had made his life "hell", and it's "affecting my education".

    Luke Edwards
  14. 'Organised chaos' at Victoria Stationpublished at 09:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Sam Francis
    BBC News, London

    London Victoria this morning was a picture of organised chaos. 

    Long queues blocked bus lanes and traffic police were needed to organise the crowds 

    Despite the long queues for buses, most passengers were cheerful, silently resigned to commutes that were taking up to an hour longer than usual.

    Victoria stationImage source, bbc
  15. Scene at Clapham junctionpublished at 09:12 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    Jennifer Meierhans
    BBC News Online

    This is the scene at Clapham Junction as it was evacuated due to overcrowding.

  16. Clapham Junction evacuatedpublished at 09:07 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

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  17. ..... but traffic in London has been building uppublished at 08:58 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    The roads in London are expected to be much busier as a result of today's Tube strike.

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  18. People are taking on board the advice to walk ....published at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

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  19. Queues for busespublished at 08:51 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2017

    A large queue of people wait for buses at Bishopsgate in the City of London as Underground workers continue a 24-hour strike.  

    A large queue of people wait for buses at Bishopsgate in the City of LondonImage source, PA