Summary
THEY WERE crowded, bleary-eyed, short of sleep and short of temper - but somehow they did it. It may have meant starting the rush hour three hours early, it may have meant standing-room only for thousands of commuters, but today they managed to defy the strike and get in to work.
Along the way they had endured journeys that were nightmarish even by the appalling standards of the average London rush hour.See the full content of this document
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London Rises Early to Beat the Chaos
At mainline stations commuters faced scenes of chaos as thousands of people raced to catch the handful of buses available, while queues for taxis stretched round the block. Everyone, it seemed, tried turning up early in an effort to beat the rush. But some just were not early enough and by 6.30am traffic on Marylebone Road was already heavy and there was standin...
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