Passengers are being urged to test earlier than they journey from London Euston this afternoon as an issue with overhead wires north of Watford means main adjustments to coach occasions, Jack Simpson writes.
Network Rail stated its engineers are on website and working to repair the difficulty with one of many wires that provides energy to trains on the West Coast Main Line at Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.
They are working to get a minimum of two of the 4 tracks by means of the world opened shortly, to permit an emergency timetable to run.
Currently, all strains are blocked between London and the north-west together with Manchester.
James Dean, Network Rail’s West Coast South route director, stated: “I’m sorry to passengers impacted by the overhead lines coming down near Euston station and the major disruption to journeys this is causing. Our team of engineers are onsite and assessing the damage, but it is too early to know what has caused it. Our focus is on fixing the issue as soon as possible.”
A earlier subject in the present day, attributable to a tree falling on the railway close to Newark on the East Coast Main Line, has been fastened and trains are operating from King’s Cross, with delays.