For millions of London commuters, the Tuesday morning commute was a chaotic mess.

That's because train workers at the London Underground -- the Tube -- are staging their second 2-day strike this year.

They're protesting job cuts and office closures - and forcing underground commuters to find other ways to get to work.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) SHIFT WORKER, EURICO MACHADO, SAYING:

"There's loads of anger in the street, you can tell that. Everybody's on the buses, everybody's angry."

The London Underground says the proposed job cuts are part of a modernization plan and won't be compulsory.

The rail workers blame management for eight weeks of failed talks.

The strikers do have their backers among commuters.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH INTERN WORKING IN LONDON, VALENTINE, SAYING:

"I don't consider it a bad thing, I think they have a right to say what they want to say. And maybe it's not good for other people, but I think it's the only way