The first day of lockdown was hit by chaos amid confusion over who is allowed to travel. Commuter trains were packed after mixed messages from ministers left many workers unclear about restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Construction sites stayed open, meaning builders were among those filling the trains alongside key workers. It prompted transport union the TSSA to demand tighter restrictions to ensure all rail users are key workers.
Tory MP Andrew Murrison called for “further clarity on how builders, plumbers, electricians and plasterers should be conducting themselves at work or, indeed, whether they should be at work at all”.