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Liverpool Street delays: Huge crowds gather at London station after cancellations | Liverpool Street delays: Huge crowds gather at London station after cancellations |
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Pictures have emerged of huge crowds gathering at Liverpool Street Station in central London, after a number of trains were cancelled following a signal failure. | |
Other services were rescheduled, with some missing planned stops. | |
The Greater Anglia and London Overground lines were the worst affected. | |
National Rail said the disruption was expected to last until at least 10pm and customers were advised to delay their journeys. | |
Commuters expressed dismay at the situation, which saw them waiting in the station's lobby in the thousands. | Commuters expressed dismay at the situation, which saw them waiting in the station's lobby in the thousands. |
"What a s*** show Liverpool Street is right now," said traveller Hannah Lou. | |
"Extreme delays on all routes going to and from it!" | |
Another commuter said it was a sight that "will make any Londoner cry". | |
National has issued advice to Greater Anglia customers: "Customers travelling between London Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria may travel on c2c services via Fenchurch Street. | |
"Customers travelling between London Liverpool Street and Ipswich / Norwich may also travel via London Kings Cross to Cambridge and from Cambridge please travel on the local Greater Anglia services to Ipswich or Norwich. | |
"Customers travelling between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport / Cambridge may travel via London Kings Cross using London Underground and Great Northern services." | |
Transport for London (TfL) has apologised and said the delays were caused by signal system malfunction. | |
TfL said: "Services from Liverpool Street are almost fully reinstated. | TfL said: "Services from Liverpool Street are almost fully reinstated. |
"We apologise for the disruption due to your journeys due to an earlier signal failure." | "We apologise for the disruption due to your journeys due to an earlier signal failure." |
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