London Waterloo disruption live: ‘Do not travel’ warning issued by SWR
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London Waterloo disruption live: ‘Do not travel’ warning issued by SWR after major signalling failure
14 platforms at the busy station are out of service due to the failure. National Rail said the incident was first reported shortly after 5.30am. Angry customers have complained of the situation being a ‘total shambles’ Any unused tickets will be valid for Tuesday due to level of disruption.
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Railway passengers have been warned “not to travel” on Monday morning after a major signalling failure at London’s Waterloo station has caused commuter chaos.
Disruption is expected to continue for the rest of the day due to 14 platforms at the busy station being out of service due to the failure.
According to National Rail, the incident was first reported shortly after 5.30am.
Taking to social media, angry customers have complained of the situation being a “total shambles” while another said they were “totally disgusted and distraught”.
Due to the level of disruption, any unused tickets will be valid for Tuesday.
In a statement on X, the railway operator said: “Engineers are on sit attempting to restore the use of the platforms, but with very few trains able to move in and out of London Waterloo and crew already displaced, services across the network are severely disrupted.”
It follows several days of disruption at Waterloo with platforms 1 to 14 also out of use for several hours on Saturday due to a signalling failure.