Keeping a low profile with a black beanie hat pulled down low, this is Transport Secretary Chris Grayling among thousands of disgruntled commuters in the crush at Clapham Junction yesterday. The under fire minister was caught up in frightening scenes at the country’s busiest train station as the transport network was plunged into chaos. Mr Grayling, also the MP for Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, looked grim-faced so blended in well with the crowds of miserable commuters. Whitehall sources said that even though he is entitled to a ministerial car, he generally only uses that for official trips around London. They denied his appearance at Clapham was a publicity stunt designed to show him as a man of the people standing shoulder to shoulder with those suffering the strike. Dangerous overcrowding on railway platforms yesterday made a mockery of union claims that their crippling strike was about improving passenger safety. Union barons claimed their members staged the Tube walkout over safety concerns to do with the closure of London Underground ticket offices. But the strike led to overcrowded Clapham Junction station being evacuated amid a rush-hour ‘stampede’, with thousands of commuters forced to find an alternative route to work. Data by traffic analysts Waze showed that 25 per cent of London's roads were at a complete standstill or bumper to bumper at 5.30pm. Most commuters suffered a miserable - and wet - journey home last night.
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