Trains delayed (From Surrey Comet)

Trains delayed

11:34am Tuesday 13th November 2007 in Wimbledon By Guardian Reporter

Train passengers faced delays through Wimbledon yesterday as faulty tracks were replaced.

The "fast track" used by express trains was closed from 11am as engineers worked to repair the line.

Trains were put on the slower parallel track, adding more than half an hour to some train journeys.

Passenger Simon Harris said he and others at Surbiton were greeted with canceled and delayed trains on station departure screens.

"It took me 53 minutes to get from Surbiton to London Waterloo on a train which was calling at London Waterloo only," Mr Harris said.

"This journey would normally take a little over 20 minutes."

A South West Trains spokeswoman said the track work started about 11am and was finished by 2.45pm.

"It was on the fast lines," she said.

"All trains had to use the slower ones."