Frustrated passengers faced massive queues for the second day in a row at Brixton tube station this morning after a customer accident caused rush hour chaos.
It’s reported that a woman fell down the escalator at about 9am causing serious delays and overcrowding.
This comes after a faulty escalator led to the closure of the station yesterday leaving customers angry and dismayed.
TFL issued no alerts, but affected commuters took to Twitter to warn fellow travellers.
Aneka Dew tweeted: “Caution Brixtoners. Poor lady fallen on escalators at #Brixton.
“Big delays getting into the station #travelalert”
Caution Brixtoners. Poor lady fallen on escalators at #Brixton. Big delays getting into the station #travelalert
— Anneka Dew (@AnnekaDew) October 8, 2014
Others were unaware of the incident and expressed their frustration for a second day of commuter agony. Michele Jones tweeted: “Two days now queuing outside #Brixton station. When are the escalators going to be repaired!!????”
@victorialine two days now queuing outside #Brixton station. When are the escalators going to be repaired!!????
— Michelle Jones (@MichelleJones86) October 8, 2014
Another Twitter user wrote: “Tube rammo for second day in a row!
.@BrixtonBlog #Brixton tube rammo for second day in a row! pic.twitter.com/dj3s4VEEDJ
— Flo Bullough (@flo_dem) October 8, 2014
The Victoria Line Twitter account team gave no updates but eventually sent a three-tweet apology to a frustrated customer to explain their failure to report on the incident
@annaenderlein Hi, sorry to read of your extended waits at Brixton this week. We can only update with information passed to us (contd) ^AC
— Victoria line (@victorialine) October 8, 2014
@annaenderlein ..by the London Underground Control Centre. We did check with them after seeing tweets & yes, there was a customer (contd) AC
— Victoria line (@victorialine) October 8, 2014
@annaenderlein ..incident which did delay further. I do hope for you that the escalator is fixed quickly. For me too as I am also local. ^AC
— Victoria line (@victorialine) October 8, 2014
Brixton station is now back to normal.
Picture courtesy of Kake Pugh, with thanks
