London commuters had to deal with another bus driver’s day long strike with around half of all services affected.
Transport for London said there was significant disruption across London from four am Thursday morning and impacting on the night bus services operating Thursday night, Friday morning.
TfL say all the bus routes should be operating normally Friday.
Customers with a Bus & Tram Pass season ticket were advised they could use it on the Underground, DLR and London Overground.
This did put pressure on the services running normally.
As the evening rush hour developed TfL staff operated restricted entry into Oxford Circus
Hi, to prevent overcrowding Oxford Circus will intermittently restrict entry
— TfL Travel Alerts (@TfLTravelAlerts) February 5, 2015
Transport for London said 51 per cent of buses were running.
We have 51 per cent of the normal number of buses in service today, keeping London moving during @UnitetheUnion #BusStrike — Transport for London (@TfL) February 5, 2015
United The Union apologised to the travelling public for the trouble the action was causing.
Today’s London #BusStrike wasn’t taken lightly, but drivers are fed up of being treated unfairly by their employers pic.twitter.com/BWcG3nTmOl
— Unite the union (@unitetheunion) February 5, 2015
Some Londoners used social media to prepare themselves for two more 24 hour strike days this month.
Affected by the #BusStrike Today? Brace yourslves for 2 more on feb 13 & 16! http://t.co/ksWsl7Tgzm pic.twitter.com/PFiXyX76aq — Jenny Edwards (@jen_edwards) February 5, 2015