Train stations deserted as Britons hit by major travel disruption due to rail and Tube strikes

Millions of Britons are being hit by severe travel disruption, with only a fifth of train services running today due to the biggest national rail strike in 33 years.

Half of lines are closed – affecting large swathes of the UK and most of Scotland and Wales – with limited hours of 7.30am to 6.30pm for those that are open.

Usually busy stations such as London Euston were nearly deserted save for picket lines by union members.

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Commuter Louis Cartwright-Walls turned up at Cardiff Station, hoping to get a train to Newport for a “vital” work meeting.

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But the departure boards are empty.

“I looked online and it said some trains were running, but I knew that wouldn’t be true,” he told Sky News.

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