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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Gatwick Airport traffic: Passengers stranded after sinkholes force closure of major rail route

A Gatwick Express train at Victoria station, London (Alamy/PA) -

Holidaymakers were left stranded outside Gatwick Airport after sinkholes near a railway bridge cancelled all trains.

All lines between Purley and East Croydon were closed after Network Rail engineers discovered a “number of sinkholes” during planned engineering work outside Purley.

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