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South London rail chaos: Passengers stuck on trains for five hours

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1st May 15 8:28 am

Ugly scenes last night at London Bridge as commuters queue just to get inside

Rail services in South London were in a state of chaos yesterday with passengers trapped on trains for up to five hours.

Problems began during the morning rush hour when a power failure hit a key stretch of track between Wandsworth Common and Clapham Junction.

Passengers reported seeing sparks and smoke coming from under trains, and the police and fire service were called to hand out water and help evacuate passengers. As many as 900 commuters were helped off one train south of Clapham Junction and escorted along the track and back to safety, the Standard reports.

The disruption continued to affect services all day.

By the evening, services in and out of Victoria were running an hour late, and other south London stations struggled to accommodate frustrated commuters.

At London Bridge huge crowds of people queued just to get inside the building while most trains out of the station were delayed.

Many frustrated commuters posted images of the transport horror on Twitter.

 

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