Monday morning rush hour commuters are facing disruption on the railways with an electricity failure disrupting trains in and out of London Victoria station. The problem between Victoria and Clapham Junction is preventing trains from leaving the depot, according to National Rail. It says the worst affected services are likely to include the Gatwick Express between London Victoria, Gatwick Airport and Brighton, along with multiple Southern trains. It says the issue is likely to last through to 10am.
The organisation Railfuture argues that Gatwick Express trains run with spare capacity because regular travellers know that Southern and Thameslink services are much cheaper and comparable in travel times. However, the conventional train services are themselves overcrowded, which makes the partially used Gatwick Express potentially look like a luxury on the busy railway link between the airport and central London.