Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has today launched its third timetable in two months following uproar over severe delays and cancellations since May.

The timetable has been introduced on Thameslink and Great Northern services to tackle the disruption caused by the introduction of the first new timetable on May 20.

An interim timetable was introduced on June 4, with around six per cent of daily services removed.

The Thameslink line serves commuters in St Albans, Harpenden, Radlett, Borehamwood and parts of Barnet. The Great Northern line serves commuters in Enfield and part of Haringey.

But passengers have hit out at GTR over Twitter since the timetable was launched this morning.

One commuter called the new timetable “abysmal” whilst another said it “has not been a success”.

Many said that there we still many delays and cancellations.

Commuter Laurence Garrett saying: “Mismanagement at its best. Take a perfectly good working system and totally mess it up. Cancellations and delays today again. Weeks of the same rubbish. Explain yourselves?”

Another, Charlotte Halkett, said: “There still appears to be huge crowds & delays to trains. Could you please help me out with why?”

A commuter travelling from Borehamwood to King’s Cross said that this timetable was “worse than the previous one”.

At the time the timetable was launched, the London Assembly’s transport committee chairman Caroline Pidgeon said that passengers will be “exasperated” to hear another timetable will be implemented.

Ms Pidgeon added: “The public have lost confidence in these new timetables because of the chaos they have caused. Passengers need certainty and reliability if they are to regain confidence in the train services they rely on.”

Earlier this month the GTR chief executive, Charles Horton, resigned from the company following outrage over the new timetable launched in May.

Commenting on the announcement of another new timetable, a GTR spokesman said the company was “very, very sorry” for the continued disruption.

A petition to have GTR’s contract removed now has nearly 20,000 signatures.

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