‘Two girls injured’ after ceiling COLLAPSED on Southern Rail train carriage in London

TWO girls are believed to have been injured after the ceiling of a train COLLAPSED on them as they were commuting into London this morning.

The incident happened on a service operated by failing rail company Southern between Purley Oaks and South Croydon, south London, at around 8.25am on Thursday.

Most of the shocked commuters escaped without injury - but two girls are said to have been injured.

Kate Baxter, who was on board the train, posted photographs on social media which showed a large section of the ceiling on the floor of the carriage.

She wrote: "Southern Rail trains are literally falling apart, right on top of us! Thankfully no-one badly hurt, just shaken."

The commuter added that two girls were hit when the piece of ceiling fell and were "bruised".

It's understood Southern sent a medical team to meet them at Victoria but they had got off at East Croydon.

A Southern spokesman said: "Reports have been received of a ceiling panel dislodging in one of the carriages on the 7.45am Southern service from Tattenham Corner to Victoria.

"Southern staff at East Croydon station boarded the train to attend to passengers and it was reported at the time that there were no injuries. The cause of this incident is currently unknown and will be investigated fully.

"We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused."

It is the latest problem to hit Southern services, which have suffered delays and cancellations for months because of a dispute over changes to the role of conductors and staff shortages - blamed by the company on high levels of employee sickness.

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