About Near East
The Near East is a Eurocentric geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region comprising Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt. Despite having varying definitions within different academic circles, the term was originally applied to the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire.
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Victoria Station was closed due to overcrowding fears
London Victoria was left "at a standstill" because of a "major signal failure" during the rush hour.
part of The Station , the country's second-largest, was feared to be closed because of overcrowding. Services faced delays and cancellations until the end of Wednesday.
Southern Rail, which operates many services, advised passengers to travel from Victoria.
Over 75 million passengers went through The Station last year.
pictures posted to Social Media showed hundreds of passengers instead of passengers, to catch on the concourse, in the location, southern, southeastern and Gatwick Express trains.
Thameslink services from London Bridge , also affected by the problems.
the trains ran in the area, at 20:00 GMT on Wednesday, but the disturbance lasted until the end of the service.
Peter Kyle , the Labour MP for Hove and Portslade, was Caught Up in the disorder. He described the Central London hub as "at a standstill".
Mr Kyle said the disorder means that he may miss Christmas Dinner with his Staff
A signal disturbance in the vicinity of East Croydon was tweeted the blame for the travel chaosHe: "I'm sorry for every passenger, I know it's a lot more that the sort must am on this service I use for the fight. You have been left in the lurch on this night of arg. "
"The Woman resolved next to me in tears, as she misses her flight out of Gatwick. "
Rob Broomby, a TV producer, stuck to the Victoria said it was the "worst of the traffic chaos," which he had seen.
He added: "There was a lot of good mood in The Bar , people in a long wait, but if the platform indicators began to flash up and down, it felt more like a Christmas tree with questionable wiring. "
Network Rail apologised and in the Thursday morning rush hour.
He said: "Some trains will be expected at the end of The Day in the "wrong" place, so that we, that there is a disturbance in the morning, to move as the operator, your storage, and the crew. "
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