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Clapham Junction has been named London’s worst mainline train station for disruption in a survey by leading consumer title Which?

Fifty-seven per cent of trains have been late or cancelled at the south London interchange since the beginning of the year, their research found.

Their study found King’s Cross was the second worst, with 51 per cent of trains delayed or cancelled, followed by Victoria (47 per cent), Stratford (44 per cent) and London Bridge (44 per cent).

Commuter Jamie Buchanan-Conroy, 28, got so enraged by the delays that he changed his journey to avoid Clapham Junction.

“I paid for an extra zone to take an indirect route to work,” he said, “because the direct train [from Clapham Junction] was so unreliable I couldn’t use it to get to work.”

The data unsurprisingly found crisis-hit South Western Railway and Southern were the worst-performing train operators serving the capital’s stations.

South Western Railway had 60 per cent late or cancelled trains, and Southern had 58 per cent.

Meanwhile, Manchester Oxford Road was the worst in the UK, with 73 per cent of trains delayed or cancelled since January 1.

York was second, with 68 per cent, and Gatwick Airport third with 65 per cent.

Alex Hayman, Which? managing director of public markets, said: “Passengers must be at the centre of the forthcoming government rail review – it must look at performance targets to drive improvements in punctuality and reliability for passengers.

“The review must not be used as an excuse to delay real action to improve passengers’ experiences on the trains today.

As a first step, the government must introduce fully automatic compensation, ensuring more passengers get the money they are owed.”

A Govia Thameslink Railway spokesman said: “Southern services have been improving and four weeks ago recorded the best punctuality in five years.

"However, Clapham Junction is Europe's busiest station, used by up to 180 trains an hour, and most Southern services have to travel via the UK's most congested rail corridor where passenger numbers have doubled in as little as 12 years.

“Network Rail is investing £300m to make our network more reliable and is planning major work to remove a notorious bottleneck."