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Passengers stranded overnight at King's Cross station Major delays on London and Peterborough East Coast line
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Scores of passengers were left stranded at London's King's Cross station overnight after the last train to Leeds was cancelled. Passengers on the href="http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/?gclid=CIrj3rC0xLUCFW_HtAoduFkALQ" >East Coast main line are facing major delays between London and Peterborough.
About 200 travellers were left stranded at London's King's Cross station overnight after the last train to Leeds was cancelled.
One passenger said they were put on a coach to Peterborough at 03:40 GMT but it was involved in a minor accident in Huntingdon.One passenger said they were put on a coach to Peterborough at 03:40 GMT but it was involved in a minor accident in Huntingdon.
The problems have been caused by overhead lines coming down in St Neots in Cambridgeshire. The problems have been caused by power lines in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.
There are no East Coast services between London and Peterborough. The line is the main link between London and Edinburgh and also serves major cities in Yorkshire.
Network Rail said all four lines between Biggleswade and Peterborough are blocked but it hopes re-open two of them by 09:30 GMT, depending on the weather. East Coast Trains say no services are running between London and Peterborough and they are looking to bring in buses. Limited services are expected to return after 09:30 GMT.
It is thought many of the stranded passengers had been to the Arsenal's Champions League game against Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium in north London. href="http://www.networkrail.co.uk/" >Network Rail said all four lines between Biggleswade and Peterborough are blocked but it hopes re-open two of them by 09:30.
First Capital Connect say buses are replacing trains in this area and are warning that journey times could be extended by an hour.
'A nightmare'
It is thought many of the passengers stranded overnight had been to the Arsenal's Champions League game against Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium in north London.
Jonathan Selwyn said his family got on the 23:30 GMT train at King's Cross and were kept on for about four hours with no information, when they were put on a coach to Peterborough.
"We were heading up the motorway and found ourselves careering through the central reservation," he said.
"I'm here with my 12-year-old son, my 15-year-old son, my wife and 80-year-old mother. It's bit of a nightmare."
Mike Manning had been to the Millwall v Peterborough football match and was also kept on the 23:30 train for several hours before getting on the coach which crashed.
He said: "The coached started rattling, I thought it was going to tilt over but fortunately everyone is safe."
Everyone on the coach got off at about 05:00 GMT and were kept in a lay-by until another replacement bus came to take them to Peterborough.