BRITS are facing travel chaos this morning as King’s Cross station is hit with train cancellations with passengers having to wait for hours.
A problem with the overhead wiring between Stevenage and Hitchin has meant that southbound trains are unable to follow routes into King’s Cross station in London.
Damage to the cabling means that any trains running between London, Cambridge and Peterborough are in limbo, and may be subject to cancellations, delays, or revisions.
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
Some trains have already been cancelled:
- 7.48am to Sunderland
- 7.57am to Letchworth Garden City
- 8am to Edinburgh
- 8.03am to Leeds
- 8.06am to Lincoln Central
- 8.12am to Ely
- 8.27am to Cambridge
- 8.30am to Edinburgh
- 8.33am to Leeds
- 8.42am to Kings Lynn
- 8.57am to Letchworth Garden City
- 9am to Edinburgh
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.
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.
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