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| South Western Railway urges passengers to avoid London Waterloo | South Western Railway urges passengers to avoid London Waterloo |
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| Waterloo station was the busiest in Britain last year | Waterloo station was the busiest in Britain last year |
| Rail passengers have been urged to avoid London Waterloo after major signalling problems. | Rail passengers have been urged to avoid London Waterloo after major signalling problems. |
| South Western Railway has issued the warning for customers attempting to travel to and from the station, which is the busiest in Britain. | South Western Railway has issued the warning for customers attempting to travel to and from the station, which is the busiest in Britain. |
| A significantly reduced service is operating on a very limited number of lines and disruption is expected until the end of the day. | A significantly reduced service is operating on a very limited number of lines and disruption is expected until the end of the day. |
| Fourteen out of its 24 platforms are currently closed, the rail firm said. | Fourteen out of its 24 platforms are currently closed, the rail firm said. |
| Network Rail, which is responsible for signalling, confirmed there had been a "major power failure" to equipment. | |
| 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." | |
| Peter Williams, SWR's customer and commercial director, said: "We are very sorry for the disruption this morning. | Peter Williams, SWR's customer and commercial director, said: "We are very sorry for the disruption this morning. |
| "Due to a major signalling problem, which is still under investigation, we are advising customers not to attempt to travel to or from London Waterloo this morning. | "Due to a major signalling problem, which is still under investigation, we are advising customers not to attempt to travel to or from London Waterloo this morning. |
| "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." | "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." |
| Two services per hour are running between Reading and London, while other stations including Queenstown Road and Hampton Court have no service at all. | Two services per hour are running between Reading and London, while other stations including Queenstown Road and Hampton Court have no service at all. |
| London Waterloo is the busiest railway station in Britain with 41.4 million passengers travelling through every year. | London Waterloo is the busiest railway station in Britain with 41.4 million passengers travelling through every year. |
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| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| South Western Railway | South Western Railway |
| Rail travel | Rail travel |
| Waterloo | Waterloo |
| London | London |
| Waterloo station | Waterloo station |