The closure piles further misery on commuters already suffering the worst rail disruption for years as Waterloo closes nearly half its platforms for extension works. Three of the five lines serving the station were closed this morning after a passenger carriage collided with an engineering wagon. Many trains have been cancelled and others are stopping and starting short of the station. Network Rail said that the train partially left the track as it pulled away slowly from the platform at Vauxhall at 5.40am. London’s ambulance service said that it had assessed three people but that nobody was…

Source: The Times August 15, 2017 07:52 UTC