Rail commuters at London Bridge faced scenes of ‘complete commuter carnage’ on Tuesday night, as severe delays to the network lead to overcrowding at the station.
Due to a person on the track at Streatham, trains leaving the station were cancelled or delayed, causing a “horrendous” build-up of commuters.
Photos show some people escaping the huge crowd by jumping over or crawling under ticket barriers.
Commuters took to social media to express their shock and anger.
It’s basically chaos at London Bridge station right now. Nobody seems to know what’s going on. Terrible service.
— MineForNothing (@minefornothing) March 2, 2015
@Darkcityxx @BlowersSon dangerous. Amazing people haven’t been killed in the crush. Horrendous crowd “control” @SouthernRailUK @ChukaUmunna
— soupervixen (@soupervixen) March 3, 2015
@BlowersSon I was at #LondonBridge tonight @SouthernRailUK, thought people were going to get crushed to death, carnage!!
— Gary Prince (@GaryAPrince) March 3, 2015
Due to the throng, the station’s doors were closed on the advice of the British Transport Police until the crowds inside could disperse.
Dave Ward of Network Rail said: “I understand how difficult last night was for many of our passengers and they showed great patience and understanding in what was a very tough situation.”