26 December 2012 Last updated at 07:01 ET
BBC News spoke to commuters at Edgware Road station in London, some branding the strike “really inconvenient”
A number of London Underground drivers have gone on strike in a long-running row over bank holiday pay.
Transport for London (TfL) says there is likely to be “significant disruption” to Tube services, and more buses will be laid on.
Members of the Aslef union have walked out for 24 hours after voting 9-1 in favour of strike action.
TfL said limited services were running on the Tube, although there are some services running on all lines.
It urged passengers to check before travelling. There are no services on London Overground.
TfL said the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines were running services through central London.
The District, Hammersmith & City, Circle, Metropolitan, Northern and Jubilee lines are running limited services.
The Piccadilly line is operating a shuttle service between Heathrow terminals and Hammersmith, and between Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.
The Docklands Light Railway is also operating, except between Canning Town and Beckton and between Shadwell and Bank.
‘Scandalous actions’
Tfl said services could vary throughout the day depending on the resources available.
It said there would be extra buses for shoppers heading for the West End and for the Westfield shopping centres in east and west London.
Otherwise, the capital’s 700 bus routes will operate a Sunday service.
The congestion charge for vehicles entering central London does not apply during the festive period and there are no on-street parking charges in Westminster.
It is the third successive walkout by Tube drivers on what is the first day of the post-Christmas sales.
Howard Collins, London Underground’s chief operating officer, criticised the union for demanding to be paid “twice for the same work”.
“The scandalous actions of the Aslef leadership are an attempt to hold Londoners to ransom, and demonstrate a wholesale disregard for our customers,” he said.
“We will be running as many services as possible, supported by London’s 700 bus routes, but there will be disruption.”
The disruption, which led to the Premier League derby between Arsenal and West Ham United being postponed, is due to continue with two further walkouts on the last two Fridays in January.
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