- By Yasmin Rufo & Harry Low
- BBC News
Fourteen out of 24 platforms are closed
Rail passengers have been urged to avoid London Waterloo after main signalling issues, with disruption anticipated till the top of the day.
South Western Railway (SWR) has issued the warning for patrons trying to journey to and from the station, which is the busiest in Britain.
A considerably lowered service is working on a really restricted variety of strains.
Fourteen out of its 24 platforms are at the moment closed, the rail agency mentioned.
Two providers per hour are operating between Reading and London, whereas different stations together with Queenstown Road and Hampton Court don’t have any service in any respect.
Demand has outstripped provide on the rail data desk all morning, overrun by prospects unable to journey as recent cancellations have been introduced.
The variety of folks arriving with suitcases suggests most stay unaware of the disruption.
Waterloo station was the busiest in Britain final yr
It tweeted: “Our team is on site tracing the fault, which occurred before 04:00, but even if it is fixed soon disruption is likely across the network for some time.”
Emma, from Southampton, advised the BBC she was planning a day journey to London to go to the Science and Natural History museums together with her younger daughter however, “everything has been cancelled and we can only get to London if we were willing to do a three hour detour.”
The journey had already been postponed as soon as because of practice strikes.
Commuters are additionally dealing with issue getting to work. Martin Benko mentioned: “I have a presentation in two hours,” and the sign failure at Waterloo would add “two to three hours minimum” to his journey.
Customers are being urged to discover different journey routes
Peter Williams, SWR’s buyer and industrial director, mentioned: “We are very sorry for the disruption this morning.
“Due to a significant signalling drawback, which continues to be underneath investigation, we’re advising prospects not to try to journey to or from London Waterloo this morning.
Disruption is anticipated till the top of the day
“While the problem is in the Waterloo area we do expect the wider network to be affected as trains and their crews will be displaced.”
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