London’s commuters today faced fresh misery after a train broke down near Wimbledon.
South West Trains services from Waterloo ground to a halt after the incident which caused chaos for tens of thousands of rail passengers.
The network said in a statement: “Owing to a broken down train between Wimbledon and Raynes Park country bound Suburban lines are blocked.
“Train services running through these stations may be delayed by up to 60 mins or revised at short notice. All stations between Earlsfield and Surbiton will not be served. Disruption is expected until 11pm.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">48 minutes and counting stuck outside <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wimbledon?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2433001-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wimbledon?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Wimbledon</a> station. No air con. Full train. Pull your finger out <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/SW_Trains" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2433001-https://twitter.com/SW_Trains" data-vars-event-id="c23">@SW_Trains</a> — Steve Bayly (@Bails183) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Bails183/status/630812356805808128" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2433001-https://twitter.com/Bails183/status/630812356805808128" data-vars-event-id="c23">August 10, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Oh just the 1.5 hours on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/SW_Trains" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2433001-https://twitter.com/SW_Trains" data-vars-event-id="c23">@SW_Trains</a> from Waterloo that never even made it to Wimbledon.On foot from Earlsfield, should have walked whole way — Laura McDonnell (@L_McDonnell) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/L_McDonnell/status/630820474289848320" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2433001-https://twitter.com/L_McDonnell/status/630820474289848320" data-vars-event-id="c23">August 10, 2015</a>
Passengers complained they had been left stranded on trains for up to an hour and a half as queues built up close to Wimbledon station.
Steve Bayly tweeted: “48 minutes and counting stuck outside #Wimbledon station. No air con. Full train. Pull your finger out @SW_Trains.”
Katherine Drayson added: “It's taken an hour on a baking-hot train to not even reach Wimbledon (3/4s of that spent not moving). @SW_Trains - give us some info!”
And Lisa Gilbert said: “Stuck at Wimbledon thanks to a broken down train in front. @SW_Trains doing what they do best - ruining everyone's journey home.”
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