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A Southern Rail train has caused unexpected delays on a road in south-east London.

South London commuters may have become accustomed to delays on the railways following a year blighted with strikes.

However, unsuspecting motorists faced being delayed by one of the train company’s carriages in Crystal Palace on Wednesday.

Bemused drivers took to social media to share pictures of the carriage, being transported on a truck, jammed at a junction between Westow Street and Central Hill around 8.30pm.

Laura Whitwell shared a snap of the incident on Twitter and said it delayed traffic for up to 15 minutes.

She wrote: “#southernrail are as inept on the road as on the tracks. Stuck at a junction in Crystal Palace.”

Luke Alexander tweeted: “Truck carrying a Southern train carriage has jammed itself in at the top of Crystal Palace and is holding up all traffic. Oh the irony.”

A Southern spokesman said: "The carriage on the lorry was fire damaged earlier this month due to an electrical fault and was being transported for repairs.

“These road movements generally take place by specialist hauliers when the roads are at their quietest to minimise any potential disruption.

“Negotiating the roads of south London is always a challenge with a 20m long vehicle, but in the years we have moved carriages by road, this is the first time that an incident of this nature has occurred."