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| London Victoria travel chaos due to signal problems | |
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| Commuters have been advised to avoid London Victoria railway station after a signal failure caused major disruption across south London. | Commuters have been advised to avoid London Victoria railway station after a signal failure caused major disruption across south London. |
| Gatwick Express services are suspended while Southern and Thameslink trains are badly affected, National Rail said. | |
| There has been a total loss of signalling power on three separate supplies in the Streatham area, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said. | |
| Disruption is expected until the end of the day, National Rail added. | |
| Victoria is the second busiest station in Great Britain with 75.8 million passenger entries and exits, according to Network Rail figures in 2016-17. | |
| A GTR spokesman said Network Rail was working to solve the problems. | |
| He added: "In the meantime passengers are urged not to travel from the south on our remaining services, which will be heavily overcrowded." | |
| National Rail said the failure at Streatham Common station meant disruption, cancellations and delays of up to 60 minutes until the end of the day's services. | |
| The issues have also affected Thameslink services between Luton and Wimbledon, which have been suspended until further notice. | |
| Alternative travel | |
| Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express tickets are valid for travel on the following services, via any reasonable route, including: | |
| Source: National Rail |