Commuters across the North East faced massive delays to their journeys as rail staff walked out in a dispute over pay and potential job losses.
The first day of a series of rail strikes saw train services hugely disrupted, MPs turn up on the picket lines around the North East, and a mixed reaction from travellers in the region on Tuesday.
The industrial action - led by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union - has been called amid a row over jobs, pay and conditions. Striking workers told ChronicleLive how the deal proposed by industry bosses would "dehumanise" the UK's railways.
