Waterloo signal failure: chaos for Britain’s busiest station

Aerial picture of London Waterloo station with the Palace of Westminster, the seat of government on the opposite bank of the Thames
Image: © Network Rail.

Waterloo Station in London, the busiest in Britain, was brought to a standstill by a massive signal failure in the early hours of Thursday, 13 April. The station which handles nearly 42 million passengers every year, serves a vast swathe of destinations in the south east of England and beyond. The main operator at the station, South Western Railway, has issued an appeal to would-be passengers to avoid the station, where only a handful of services were able to operate in the morning peak hours. 

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is UK correspondent for RailTech.com and Railfreight.com

2 comments op “Waterloo signal failure: chaos for Britain’s busiest station”

bönström bönström|14.04.23|09:45

By far the most vulnerable industry, regrettably, as well remains the worst, for plaguing its clients – simply by mere shortcomings of same industry.
All other, decisively out known risks…
(Simply, robustness is ensured, by redundant, stand by capacity, etc.)
Quality pays, and at industry of transports, now more than ever!
(Just for information: For client, low risk now equals high quality…)

Peter Clowes|14.04.23|22:17

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Waterloo signal failure: chaos for Britain’s busiest station

Aerial picture of London Waterloo station with the Palace of Westminster, the seat of government on the opposite bank of the Thames
Image: © Network Rail.

Waterloo Station in London, the busiest in Britain, was brought to a standstill by a massive signal failure in the early hours of Thursday, 13 April. The station which handles nearly 42 million passengers every year, serves a vast swathe of destinations in the south east of England and beyond. The main operator at the station, South Western Railway, has issued an appeal to would-be passengers to avoid the station, where only a handful of services were able to operate in the morning peak hours. 

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is UK correspondent for RailTech.com and Railfreight.com

2 comments op “Waterloo signal failure: chaos for Britain’s busiest station”

bönström bönström|14.04.23|09:45

By far the most vulnerable industry, regrettably, as well remains the worst, for plaguing its clients – simply by mere shortcomings of same industry.
All other, decisively out known risks…
(Simply, robustness is ensured, by redundant, stand by capacity, etc.)
Quality pays, and at industry of transports, now more than ever!
(Just for information: For client, low risk now equals high quality…)

Peter Clowes|14.04.23|22:17

Reading is not a city.

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