BRITS have been warned “do not travel” as London’s King’s Cross station is hit with train cancellations – leaving passengers stranded and waiting for hours.
A problem with the overhead wiring between Stevenage and Hitchin has meant that southbound trains were unable to follow routes into King’s Cross station in London.
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Damage to the cabling means that any trains running between London, Cambridge and Peterborough were in limbo, and subject to cancellations, delays, or revisions.
While lines have reopened from this morning, trains are still being cancelled, causing LNER to issue a “do not travel” warning after “more cancellations than normal.”
The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said in a Twitter message this afternoon: “Due to significant disruption across our route, we are experiencing more cancellations than normal.
“Current advice is DO NOT TRAVEL. We are running a significantly reduced service and services that are running, are extremely busy.”
So far, around a dozen scheduled southbound departures have been cancelled since this morning and more are expected as key routes are modified throughout the day.
As it stands, six train companies – Grand Central, Great Northern, Hull Trains, LNER, Lumo and Thameslink – have all confirmed they have routes affected by the disruption.
- Grand Central: Between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland
- Great Northern: Between Moorgate and Letchworth Garden City and between London Kings Cross and Letchworth Garden City / Royston / Cambridge / Ely / Kings Lynn
- Hull Trains: Between London Kings Cross and Hull / Beverley
- LNER: Between London Kings Cross and Lincoln / Leeds / Bradford Forster Square / Harrogate / York / Sunderland / Newcastle / Edinburgh / Aberdeen
- Lumo: Between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh
- Thameslink: Between Brighton and Cambridge, between Horsham and Peterborough and between London Kings Cross and Cambridge / Peterborough
Upcoming trains from King’s Cross which have already been cancelled:
- Peterborough (Great Northern) at 4.36pm
- Kings Lynn (Great Northern) at 4.42pm
- Letchworth Garden City (Great Northern) at 4.47pm
- Edinburgh (LNER) at 5pm
- Leeds (LNER) at 5.03pm
- Hull (LNER) at 5.18pm
- Cambridge (Great Northern) at 5.27pm
- Kings Lynn (Great Northern) at 5.42pm
- Letchworth Garden City (Great Northern) at 5.57pm
- Kings Lynn (Great Northern) at 6.12pm
- Cambridge (Great Northern) at 6.27pm
- Harrogate (LNER) at 6.33pm
- Kings Lynn (Great Northern) at 6.42pm
- Letchworth Garden City (Great Northern) 6.57pm
- Kings Lynn (Great Northern) at 7.12pm
Train lines anticipating the disruption have allowed tickets to be accepted on other routes.
These aren’t the only services facing problems today, with London also struggling first thing.
Have you been affected by the disruption? Email: jon.rogers@the-sun.co.uk with your story.
Transport for London states that the Tube’s Waterloo and City Line and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) are partially closed this weekend, with the Metropolitan line experiencing delays early this morning.
The London Overground is also partially closed, with no services operating between Highbury & Islington and New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon on both Saturday and Sunday.
TfL is operating rail replacement services in their places, with DLR passengers urged to use the Jubilee line to swerve closures between Poplar, Stratford International and Beckton/Woolwich Arsenal.
In an update from Great Northern on X, formerly Twitter, it said that its trains from Peterborough to King’s Cross were now running at 24 minutes past the hour, each hour.
LNER said on the social media site that trains were “starting to leave King’s Cross”.
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