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Delays on East Coast and First Capital Connect

There are delays of up to 25 minutes on East Coast and First Capital Connect trains running through St. Neots.

Work to repair damaged cables over night is complete and all lines reopened at 6.20am this morning.

It is affecting both First Capital Connect and East Coast services between Peterborough and London King's Cross.

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Delays on East Coast and First Capital Connect trains

There are severe delays on some trains due to overhead power line problems at St Neots.

Bus replacement services are running on East Coast trains between Peterborough and King's Cross.

There are also bus replacements on First Capital Connect between Biggleswade and Peterborough.

There are also 30-minute delays on Grand Central trains.

Rail users dissatisfied with service

First Capital Connect came bottom of 19 company survey

A survey by the consumer rights organisation Which? has revealed two of the region's train companies have been ranked bottom for customer satisfaction.

First Capital Connect came bottom, with a 40% customer satisfaction rating with Greater Anglia placed just one place above in 18th scoring only 42%.

Top of the satisfaction table, compiled from responses from 7,500 regular train users, was West Coast main line operator Virgin Trains with a score of 67%. The London to Tilbury and Southend company c2c a scored 64%.

The survey also showed 40% of train travellers are likely to reduce the number of journeys they make as a result of the recent price increases.

But a third of commuters said they did not have an alternative way of getting to work and would just have to pay more.

Major delays on East Midlands and First Capital Connect trains

Some rail commuters are facing delays of up to 90 minutes this morning.

Yesterday, major damage to overhead wires was reported.

That affected Southeastern, East Midlands Trains and First Capital Connect services.

Network Rail are reporting that trains are currently unable to run between Luton Airport Parkway and West Hampstead.

First Capital Connect has said there are delays on trains out of Bedford and Luton of up to 90 minutes.

Delays of up to an hour are also reported on East Midlands trains between Corby and St Pancras.

There are some bus replacement services in place.

Latest delays on East Midlands services

Latest delays on First Capital Connect services.

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RAIL: Delays across the east

There are 30 minute delays on CrossCountry services between Stansted Airport and Peterborough due to electrical supply problems at Cambridge. This is also causing problems on First Capital Connect services between King's Lynn and Letchworth Garden City.

There are also 30 minute delays on First Capital Connect services between Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City and King's Cross due to a signalling problem at King's Cross. This is also affecting East Coast trains.

There are also 40 minute delays on Greater Anglia Trains travelling between Chelmsford and London and services from Chelmsford may be cancelled.

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