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Travel chaos into major London station on hottest day of the year


Euston station during rush hour after delayed trains.

Crowds at London Euston after travel chaos today (Picture: JonForestH/X)

Train passengers have been warned off severe disruption affecting London Euston station during peak rush hour.

Travel to and from London Euston train station has been hit by delays and cancellations on one of the hottest days of the year.

A points failure at Watford Junction disrupted travel on the busy line that servers trains to Midlands and Manchester.

Trains through Euston may be cancelled, delayed by up to 40 minutes or revised, National Rail warned.

Trains between London Euston and Wolverhampton, Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly and Edinburgh are affected, along with trains to between Birmingham New Street and Crewe.

Service between East Croydon and Watford Junction has also been hit.

Disruption is expected until at least 7pm.

Footage from Euston shows the station packed full of commuters on a day the temperatures in London are set to hit 30C again after the record on Tuesday.

It comes as Tube travel has also been affected across London today.

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