Commuters have jumped over and crawled beneath ticket barriers in order to avoid the ‘Life threatening chaos’ at London Bridge railway station due to overcrowding and tight movement.
Numerous trains were delayed on Tuesday 3rd March after a train near Streatham Common hit someone.
Network rail explained that for the wellbeing of commuters, queuing systems were t into place, however it was extremely difficult to keep that organised so the station doors were closed. This decision was drawn on the advice of the transport police and only reopened them once the crowds inside had begun to disperse
The Southern train operators are looking into things to outline what can be done to improve this current situation.
Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary Mick Cash blamed cuts and a general lack of capacity on the trains for the “horrendous meltdown”.
He said: “The fragmentation and privatisation of our railways leaves train companies and Network Rail blaming each other while passengers and staff are left caught in the kind of life threatening chaos we have seen in pictures from one of London’s major rail terminals last night.”
“This chaos must end now. The scenes at London Bridge last night were completely unacceptable,” Said the London Mayor, Boris Johnson.
He said all sides had to stop bickering and called on Network Rail and the train operators “to get a grip” of the situation at London Bridge.
The chaos must end
Commuters experienced severe delays and disruption in January because of the station upgrade work
