Wrong Type Of Cloud

More trouble for Southern's new Electrostar selective door opening.

Metro is reporting the 7.08am service from Victoria to the Sussex Coast was delayed because of "the wrong type of cloud".

The coulds were preventing the new Electrostar train's GPS system from picking up the train's location, forcing the driver to manually open the doors, an operation that may seem simple, but actually took 45 minutes.

Southern claim that staff were wrong to blame atmospheric conditions, but claimed the fault was actually to do with faulty components onboard the train.