Commuters facing three-day nightmare in Tube walkout ; Disruption to start tonight as Mayor says he'll try to ease misery
Evening Standard - London › June 09, 2009
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MILLIONS of Londoners are facing a three-day commuter nightmare of walking to work, taking lengthy bus journeys or paying for taxis as the Tube grinds to a halt.
With transport workers preparing for a mass walk-out at 7pm tonight, more than 2.5million people were making alternative arrangements to get home.See the full content of this document
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Commuters facing three-day nightmare in Tube walkout ; Disruption to start tonight as Mayor says he'll try to ease misery
Mayor Boris Johnson promised to do "as much as humanly possible" to ease commuter misery but there were fears that thousands could be left stranded.
The Tube network will be paralysed for at least three days after talks to avert the 48-hour action by the RMT union broke down at the 11th hour.Today Mr Johnson urged commuters to share taxis, take extra buses and even take the boat to...See the full content of this document
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