STRESSED commuters have accused Uber of "scamming" people desperate to get to work during the London Tube strikes.

Charges have surged £30 more than normal amid the travel chaos – which has shut down 11 lines – as passengers battle to board buses.

The mass-walkout over pay and pension issues has crippled the capital's underground network.

Huge crowds swarmed bus stops and train stations during rush hour.

Those unable to get on turned to Uber to get them to the office – but they were met with extortionate prices.

One fed-up commuter accused the private taxi firm of "scamming" the public by allegedly increasing fares by £30.

Adrián wrote on Twitter: "You (Uber) are a bunch of scammers.

"I can't believe you're making such a huge profit and business out of a Tube strike. Shame on you."

Another, accountant Tim Hallan, 32, from Dulwich, told MailOnline: "It's very, very frustrating. It couldn't have happened at a worse time to be honest.

"It's going to be much busier than usual so I'm likely to be crammed in and it's not going to be a very pleasant journey into work."

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Elsewhere, John Rayner, 28, a construction worker who was waiting for a bus in Paddington, west London, said: "I missed two buses this morning because queues for buses are so long and some buses don't even bother to stop.

"I walked to Paddington for over an hour as I thought I would have more luck getting a Tube from here.

"It is a joke. This city is becoming unliveable."

And office worker Jasmine Keane, 40, said: "I have had to take an Uber to get to work.

"I don't even know what time I will get to work with the traffic and weather."

Transport for London has warned 11 Tube lines are "out of service" today, with another 24-hour walkout to be held on Thursday.

There will be knock-on effects on services tomorrow and Friday, with severe disruption expected.

CRIPPLING DELAYS

London Overground, DLR, TfL Rail, and London Trams are still running – but for the majority of Londoners, journeys have been disrupted.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "Our members will be taking strike action because a financial crisis at LU (London Underground) has been deliberately engineered by the Government to drive a cuts agenda which would savage jobs, services, safety and threaten their working conditions and pensions."

The Tube strike has also caused delays on London's roads, affecting private cars, commercial vehicles and buses.

Location technology firm TomTom said at 9am the level of road congestion was 119 per cent – the highest figure for the capital this year.

The level was 80 per cent at the same time last week.

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