Much like an apocalypse, rush hour on the London Underground is no fun for anyone - particularly when strikes are adding to the mayhem.

Unlike an apocalypse, however, it’s no reason to abandon all human etiquette and descend into a rabid, elbow-jabbing, knee-nudging struggle for survival. You will get home. There will (usually) be another train. We’re all in it together.

With this in mind, Telegraph Travel has compiled a manifesto of sorts - a list of sins to be avoided at all costs if you value the laws of common decency.

Perhaps some you aren’t even aware you’re guilty of. Now might be a good opportunity to check...

1. Not moving down inside the carriage

People who willingly create bottleneck scenarios on trains deserve a special place in hell, and there are plenty of them. Don’t pretend you haven’t heard the repeated intercom pleas to “move down and use the whole space of the carriage”. This is a perfectly practical plea which is grounded in the laws of physics. Yet still, defiant passengers cluster obstinately around the doors as if a stink bomb has just gone off in the centre of the otherwise nice, airy, uncluttered aisle.