There's A 140-Minute Taxi Line At A Sao Paulo Airport After Subway Workers Strike Before World Cup

Some foreign journalists and fans arriving in São Paulo on Monday for the World Cup are being greeted by a travel nightmare.

Amid a metro worker strike that's wrecking havoc on the city's transportation system, there are long taxi lines at both of the city's two major airports.

Brian Winter, a Reuters reporter, says he waited 140 minutes for a taxi at the city's new Guarulhos international airport.

I am 1 hour into the taxi line at SP airport. Subway strike & #WorldCup wreaking havoc. Looks like another hr ahead pic.twitter.com/ZfoOPVSawZ

- Brian Winter (@BrazilBrian) June 9, 2014

My wait in São Paulo airport taxi line enters hour 2. That's the line - looking behind me. pic.twitter.com/GiPEiKvo4i

- Brian Winter (@BrazilBrian) June 9, 2014

Another photo from Guarulhos:

Guarulhos airport World-Cup readiness: 1 hour-plus taxi queue; no train; rare coaches. Seja bem vindos pic.twitter.com/ZXca6n3Y1Z

- Jan Piotrowski (@janppiotrowski) June 9, 2014

The scene at Congonhas, the city's other big airport, was just as bad:

La fila para subir a un taxi en el aeropuerto de Sao Paulo. "Podría ser peor", me dice un viajero. #brasil2014 pic.twitter.com/c1jAy9e6PT

- Ignacio Naya (@nayanacho) June 9, 2014

The World Cup starts Thursday with Brazil taking on Croatia in São Paulo's Itaquerão arena, which is in the final stages of completion but still unfinished.