According to TfL, external, more than a third of Tube stations, more than half of Overground stations, and all of the Elizabeth line and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) stations are step-free.

However, disability rights activists point out that many step-free stations are not always accessible, even outside of strike action, due to broken lifts.

Due to the strikes, step-free access at the Bank DLR station was unavailable, with TfL advising customers to speak to staff to be escorted to alternative access lifts.

TfL said they “run as many services as possible” during strikes, including the bus network, Dial-a-Ride, and a turn up and go service on the Elizabeth line and Overground.

The latter service means that station staff will help customers to plan a step-free journey, assist them through the station and onto the train, and arrange for staff at the destination and any interchanges to support them off the train, it said.