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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Harrison Galliven

Wimbledon chaos: London Tube station ‘struggling to cope’ with tennis crowds as Lime bikes clog pavements

Southfields Station - (LDRS)

A London Underground station serving tennis fans heading to the Wimbledon championships is being stretched to its limits according to locals, as Lime bikes litter the pavement outside.

Southfields has seen extensive train delays at the station this week as well as piles of Lime bikes clogging pavements, with concerns that the planned expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) could lead to the area being overwhelmed in future years.

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