Storm Doris Brings Chaos To Euston, Liverpool Street And Other London Stations

Winds up to 90mph battered Britain - and people aren't getting home.

Major train stations across the UK were full of stranded passengers as Storm Doris brought chaos to the capital on Thursday.

Euston and St Pancras in London had every train in and out cancelled as winds of up to 90mph battered Britain, blowing trees on to the tracks and staff worked to clear them.

The closures caused major overcrowding elsewhere on the London transport hub, with tube stations having to be evacuated.

Passengers forced onto main road at Euston Square station by overcrowding @BBCRadioLondon #Doris pic.twitter.com/3c8iR0I0t8

— Anna O'Neill (@Annareporting) February 23, 2017

Trains from London St Pancras cancelled. Just been told no trains leaving London from Euston either despite being sat on a train. #doris

— Pamela Gupta (@PamelaGuptaBBC) February 23, 2017

The suspension of train services saw the major stations affected fill with people staring at banks of screens for trains that were not going anywhere.

Overhead line problems have led to standstill at Euston #StormDoris pic.twitter.com/KQRbVP55aP

— Ron Brown (@ronbrown01) February 23, 2017

Cancellations brought similar scenes to Liverpool Street.

The cancellations at Liverpool Street Station
The cancellations at Liverpool Street Station
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It's all popping of at Liverpool Street tonight. Recon they had that 'Please evacuate the … https://t.co/eHzctqNRwp pic.twitter.com/sE54kEC13d

— Harrison Dew (@harrisondew) February 23, 2017

Manchester Picadilly was also filled with stranded people hoping to travel back to London and many were told to return the following day.

Chaos at #manchesterpiccadilly. Poor and inconsistent information from @VirginTrains. All these ppl waiting to get to London. pic.twitter.com/LabLGIEDPp

— Holly Eva Ryan (@HollyERyan) February 23, 2017

Earlier, a Network Rail spokesman told The Evening Standard: “Train departures were suspended from London Euston this morning while we worked to clear a number of incidents involving trees, branches or other debris being blown onto the tracks. There are changes to services from Euston station and we advise passengers to check before they travel on nationalrail.co.uk.

“Storm Doris has caused significant disruption throughout the country. We are doing all we can to keep the network running.”

Author Francesca Simon was among those caught in the chaos.

Euston station. Bad weather cancellations... pic.twitter.com/tYUuSM8het

— Francesca Simon (@simon_francesca) February 23, 2017

Wah! I'm spending my birthday at Euston station. No @VirginTrains leaving.

— Francesca Simon (@simon_francesca) February 23, 2017

People were tweeting pictures of Euston station packed to the gills.

A lonely night in #London ahead. Cheers #Doris - no trains out of #Euston until tomorrow. Sheesh. pic.twitter.com/KMj5yjuQYP

— matt o'donoghue (@mattoitv) February 23, 2017

Never getting home #euston #stormdoris pic.twitter.com/uD6fsxLsO2

— xanthi (@Xanthi7) February 23, 2017

Why #Euston road is so crowded! @TfL pic.twitter.com/dppxp8O24s

— Mo Hoseini (@MohammadHoseini) February 23, 2017

#Moorgate, #Euston, #kingscross stations suffering from overcrowding. This would be capacity of the #tube. If #London don't #cycle. pic.twitter.com/m66vwG9Elw

— cagri tozluoglu (@philamelian) February 23, 2017

There was time for some comedy.

Shocking rush hour scenes at Kings Cross. #Doris pic.twitter.com/KzwhvPqydB

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 23, 2017

"Hello, due to a breeze this train has been cancelled. Please use the horse replacement service, a trebuchet or hovercraft. Thank you"

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) February 23, 2017
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