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We have had just a few of you writing in along with your experiences from as we speak’s disruption on the Tube.

Rob instructed us he purchased a ticket from Tunbridge Wells to Plymouth for £140, with £160 spent on his lodge forward of a enterprise assembly tomorrow morning.

“I didn’t make it to Paddington on time for my scheduled practice… each taxi was busy,” he stated.

“Received to Paddington solely to be instructed, ‘sorry you missed your practice, and it is advisable to purchase one other ticket for an additional £140’.”

He stated he has misplaced £300 as we speak, with “nothing in any respect I may have finished about it”.

“I’m now on my means house to Tunbridge Wells and might’t attend my assembly tomorrow,” he stated, including the one constructive out of the day have been his 17,000 steps.  

Stranded

One other wrote in to say she walked to 5 completely different stations as we speak, solely to search out every was closed when she arrived.

“Solely on the final station did I discover out it was an influence outage affecting your complete underground, after I approached ticketing workers,” she stated.

“Once more, no announcement made. So I regarded for bus options. In whole, I spent two hours stranded in central London. Horrible expertise.

“I really feel dangerous for individuals who probably missed their flights.”