LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of commuters struggled to get to work Tuesday by bus, bike, cab and on foot as a subway workers’ strike stretched into a second day, disabling three-quarters of the sprawling Underground.

The planned three-day strike by 2,300 members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers started Monday evening, with nine of 12 lines shut down.

The union said it would meet for talks later Tuesday to try to resolve its demands for protecting jobs and pensions of workers at Metronet, the maintenance consortium forced into administration by a financial crisis.

“This is a positive development, and we hope that Metronet and its administrator will now take our members’ legitimate concerns seriously,” said the union’s general secretary, Bob Crow.

The strike forced commuters to find another way to work.

I don’t think I’ve ever posted a link to this before, but it was written and produced by a couple of physicians who call themselves “The Amateur Transplants” during a previous tube strike.

The song, accompanied by a brilliant flash video, can be seen here.