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Revellers heading to Glastonbury from London say they had to endure "barbaric" two-hour queues for coaches on the hottest day of the year.

As temperatures soared on Wednesday morning, festival-goers sweltered in huge queues at Victoria coach station, with people lining the road outside.

Cesca Short said her bus left the station 90 minutes late and conditions did not improve once the “nightmare” journey started.

The 22-year-old, from Surrey, accused coach company National Express of "absolutely barbaric behaviour" after finding out there was no air conditioning as the mercury hit 32C.

She told the Standard: "I was meant to be on the 9.30am coach this morning leaving from London Victoria to Glastonbury but when we arrived at 9am we were told it was a first come first served basis.

"We did not get on to a coach till 11am. We eventually took off just after 11.30 only to find that the air conditioning on the coach didn't work at all.

"The driver pulled over and tried to fix it but it wasn't working. Which then resulted to people lying on the floor in the aisle trying to cool down.

"Someone even resorted to try and open the emergency overhead exit.

“So after being sitting on the coach for almost 3 hours in 31C heat a passenger then realises that we are going the wrong way and has to assist the driver to help him get back on track."

Other ticket-holders blasted the mammoth waits for services online and sky-high temperatures, with Matt Wicks‏ tweeting on Wednesday morning: "Why does no one want to take coach?

"Because they ALWAYS go wrong - been queueing at Victoria for 2 hours!"

David Perris wrote at 8am: "And the queues for Glastonbury have begun at Victoria Coach Station ...."

Jo James complained: "Never get the coach to Glastonbury. The amount of sweat I have produced in a two hour period is inhuman."

And Aoife Gorman raged: "Absolute nightmare of a +3.5 hr journey to Glastonbury on a coach with no air con in 32degree heat...#notimpressed."

A National Express spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately some of our Victoria Coach Station departures were impacted by an earlier closure of the M25 which has had a knock on effect to the M4 leading to delays on some Glastonbury-bound services from London.

"However, the network is now coping well as the earlier road issues ease.

"Once at the site customers benefit from a designated route in and out of the site, which hopefully helps mitigate the impact.

"We take huge numbers to the site, with as many as one in five arriving on a National Express-operated vehicle. We did have an air conditioning issue on one vehicle, which was replaced by another."