Public transport workers have snarled traffic in Sliema and St Julians, driving very slowly along the seafront and occasionally blocking the roads while sounding their horns.

A private coach full of language students was stuck in the carcade of buses but there was no trouble. The driver of a tourists' double decker bus was also seen joking with the bus drivers.

Earlier on, at Msida, a column of about 20 buses has slowed traffic on the way to Valletta. The traffic flow in the area is now back to normal.

This morning, the buses, minivans, hearses and taxis left St Anne Street, Floriana, after having occupied most of its lanes for almost two days.

They departed in a cacophony of horns but without police intervention.

(Video shows the scene in Floriana early this morning)