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Major delays on London and Peterborough East Coast line | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
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 power lines in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. | |
The line is the main link between London and Edinburgh and also serves major cities in Yorkshire. | |
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. | |
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. |