![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tube-strike-victoria-station-commuters-brave-the-bus-queues/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127597578_peopleandbus.jpg&description=Image caption, Large queues for buses formed at Victoria station during the morningLondoners endured yet another Tube strike as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union walked out for a sixth time this year in a row over pension changes and job cuts. At Victoria train station, most commuters seemed to know about the strike. Some of those pouring out of the station continued their journey on foot, largely unaffected, while others went straight to the nearby bus stops, heads down, phones in hand, planning unfamiliar routes on vehicles which - when they arrived - were heaving with passengers. But Londoners are used to finding the smallest of spaces on public transport, and in some cases the steady beep of passengers tapping-in stopped only when the bus was packed up to the driver's cab. Image caption, Numerous passengers had to re-plan their journeysThose who couldn't face the buses thought about alternative transport. "At this rate, I'm gonna have to take an Uber or a taxi," said one woman on her way to work. She thought it would cost about £10, significantly more than the £1.65 bus fare. But shortly after she thrust her phone towards me. Uber were quoting more than £30. She decided to join the bus queue. On strike days some Londoners do not have the luxury of working from home. A nurse, searching for a bus, told me it had been "a nightmare" getting to work this morning, expressing her frustration at having to rely on the Tube and trains.When I asked if she was sick of the strikes, she simply replied: "Absolutely." Yet the exasperation towards those on the picket line wasn't shared by everyone. One man shrugged: "If if needs to be done, it needs to be done." Image caption, Cassia had a flight to catch todayI bumped into Cassia, who was trying to reach Euston where she was due to attend a conference. It's normally four stops on the Victoria line, a journey taking less than 10 minutes, but today she thought it would take her an hour. She had a flight to catch l){kind=link}
Londoners endured yet another Tube strike as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union walked out for a sixth time this year in a row over pension changes and job cuts.
At Victoria train station, most commuters seemed to know about the strike.
Some of those pouring out of the station continued their journey on foot, largely unaffected, while others went straight to the nearby bus stops, heads down, phones in hand, planning unfamiliar routes on vehicles which – when they arrived – were heaving with passengers.
But Londoners are used to finding the smallest of spaces on public transport, and in some cases the steady beep of passengers tapping-in stopped only when the bus was packed up to the driver’s cab.
Those who couldn’t face the buses thought about alternative transport.