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More than 50,000 union members have walked out over demands for a 11 per cent pay rise as millions battled into work, were forced to work from home or unable to earn money at all this week.
Today's strikes saw an extremely limited service running on the tracks across the country, with city workers fearing they would become stuck in London.
The biggest rail strike in a generation in Britain will see only around half of the network open and for just an 11-hour period on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday this week.
Some are celebrating being to work from home for the week - and a tacit admission by some that they will be spending more time sunbathing than getting on with their jobs in the coming days.
Widespread disruption to routes in and around the city is expected