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Trains cancelled after railway line floods

News imageGreater Anglia A Greater Anglia train parked at a railway platform. The train is branded red and white. It is cloudy above.Greater Anglia
Flooding and signalling faults caused issues on the line running from London Liverpool Street

Trains have been cancelled after a burst water main caused a railway line to flood.

Greater Anglia said water had flooded the track in Hertfordshire and damaged the signalling system at Rye House, which meant trains were unable to run between Broxbourne and Hertford East.

At the same time a separate signalling system error caused disruption on all services leaving London Liverpool Street, including those running to places such as Norwich, Ipswich, Clacton-On-Sea, Colchester Town, Braintree, Stansted Airport and Cambridge.

Greater Anglia and Network Rail apologised to customers and advised them to check if their journey had been affected before travelling.

News imageRobbie Kalus/BBC A close up of a screen displaying departures from a station. It reads London Liverpool Street train is delayed as is the Cambridge North train. Robbie Kalus/BBC
Greater Anglia and Network Rail apologised to customers for the cancellations and delays

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