Commuter misery continues with fresh delays at Waterloo

 Overrunning engineering works brought fresh misery to commuters at Britain’s busiest railway station on the day it was supposed to open for business as normal.

Rail users reported services into London Waterloo being delayed or cancelled altogether, as nearly a month’s worth of disruption caused by the transport hub’s £800million overhaul lurched into yesterday. The opening of stations including Queenstown Road, Earlsfield and Norbiton was delayed by more than an hour – leading to a build-up of passengers.

Meanwhile, no Southeastern services are running to or from London Bridge, Waterloo East and Charing Cross until Sept 2 as work continues to rebuild London Bridge and the surrounding railway.

Queuing systems will be in place at Cannon Street station between Tuesday and Friday next week to cope with demand.

Commuters reacted with dismay on social media, with one describing the situation as “predictable and embarrassing”.