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| Chaos for rail travellers at Victoria station after signal failure | Chaos for rail travellers at Victoria station after signal failure |
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| UK’s second busiest train station at a standstill, leaving thousands of passengers struggling to get home | UK’s second busiest train station at a standstill, leaving thousands of passengers struggling to get home |
| One of the country’s busiest train stations is “at a standstill”, leaving thousands of passengers struggling to get home. | One of the country’s busiest train stations is “at a standstill”, leaving thousands of passengers struggling to get home. |
| Trains in and out of London Victoria are facing delays and cancellations until the end of the day, following a “major signal failure” near East Croydon. | Trains in and out of London Victoria are facing delays and cancellations until the end of the day, following a “major signal failure” near East Croydon. |
| Images posted on social media showed hundreds of passengers held on the station concourse, unable to catch Southern, Southeastern and Gatwick Express trains. | |
| Thameslink services out of London Bridge have also been affected by the problems, which are expected to last until the end of Wednesday. | Thameslink services out of London Bridge have also been affected by the problems, which are expected to last until the end of Wednesday. |
| Victoria and London Bridge are Britain’s second and fourth busiest stations, carrying 75 million and 48 million passengers in 2017/18 respectively. | Victoria and London Bridge are Britain’s second and fourth busiest stations, carrying 75 million and 48 million passengers in 2017/18 respectively. |
| There was also chaotic scenes in St Pancras in the early evening as all southbound trains on the Thameslink connection were disrupted. Some passengers were told to go Victoria only to find more travel chaos there. | |
| There were angry scenes in Victoria after a partition was pulled across the route to the Gatwick Express and Southern trains platforms. Passengers were prevented from heading towards those platforms as staff tried to filter through arriving commuters. | |
| There was a knock-on effect with disruption to trains running along the south coast from routes such as Eastbourne to Brighton. | |
| Peter Kyle, the Labour MP for Hove and Portslade, was caught up in the disruption at Victoria on Wednesday evening. | Peter Kyle, the Labour MP for Hove and Portslade, was caught up in the disruption at Victoria on Wednesday evening. |
| He described the central London hub as being “at a standstill” and apologised to those struggling to get home. | He described the central London hub as being “at a standstill” and apologised to those struggling to get home. |
| Sammy, who said she worked for the disability charity Leonard Cheshire and had been helping to coordinate its campaign to improve access to public transport called Get On Board, said it was “a nightmare”. She said she was profoundly deaf but information was only being relayed by tannoy at Victoria. | Sammy, who said she worked for the disability charity Leonard Cheshire and had been helping to coordinate its campaign to improve access to public transport called Get On Board, said it was “a nightmare”. She said she was profoundly deaf but information was only being relayed by tannoy at Victoria. |
| Network Rail apologised and advised people to find other routes if possible. | Network Rail apologised and advised people to find other routes if possible. |
| PA Media contributed to this report |