Rail passengers face disruption

Commuters are facing average delays of 30 minutes

Rail users will suffer continued disruptions in the coming days as the clear up operation continues after the Potters Bar crash.

Passengers most affected are those travelling to Cambridge, Peterborough, Stevenage and the North.

Services are being rerouted around the Hertford loop and passengers are advised to check revised timetables with National Rail.

The crash occurred when a West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) train from King's Cross, London, to King's Lynn, Norfolk, derailed on Friday.

A crane is used to clear carriages to allow normal services to resume

Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) is running 80% of its services on the east coast mainline, but services between Peterborough and King's Cross are delayed by an estimated 30 minutes.

Passengers are warned to expect crowding on peak-time travel and changes to reserved seats as services are reduced.

The company has cancelled services north of Edinburgh as Scotrail will serve Inverness and Aberdeen with coaches supplementing the service.

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GNER has cancelled services to and from Bradford, Harrogate, Hull and Skipton until further notice.

Some services have had to be cancelled because of restricted power supply on the Hertford loop.

Hull Trains, which runs trains from Humberside into London King's Cross, is running a full service but journey times are delayed between 15 to 20 minutes.

This was a terrible accident and our thoughts remain with the passengers, relatives and loved ones during this tragic time

Dominic Booth, WAGN managing director

Passengers on WAGN services are being warned services are not stopping at stations on the Hertford Loop.

These are: Bowes Park, Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill, Grange Park, Enfield Chase, Gordon Hill, Crews Hill, Cuffley, Bayford, Hertford North, Watton-at-Stone.

Replacement buses are in place to take customers to alternative stations.

WAGN tickets are accepted on local bus services, London Underground, Virgin and Thameslink.

Services to Stevenage and stations to Cambridge and Peterborough are being diverted via Hertford North at half hourly intervals.

A rail shuttle is running between Cambridge and Kings Lynn.

Dominic Booth, WAGN managing director, said: "This was a terrible accident and our thoughts remain with the passengers, relatives and loved ones during this tragic time.

"Over the last 24 hours the WAGN team has been working closely with all the emergency services and the investigators in an attempt to find out why this accident took place."