London Liverpool Street News

The British Transport Police are asking for help to trace three men who attacked a family on board a train. The family of four got on the train at Liverpool Street on August 18th. The men also got on and began to abuse the family which then led to an attack.

All four family members required hospital treatment. The men got off the train at Manor Park station. Anyone with information is asked to contact the British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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National Rail is reporting delays of up to 40 minutes between Cambridge/ Stansted Airport / Hertford East and London Liverpool Street.

They say it is being caused by overhead wire problems at Northumberland Park.

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• Trains

A train cleaner has gone the extra mile to help find lost Olympic tickets.

A mother and son found they had mislaid their precious tickets as they were approaching the Olympic Park in Stratford.

Fearing the tickets were among rubbish they had left on a train they went back to Liverpool Street station.

The Greater Anglia train presentation team helped them identify their original train but it had been cleaned and no tickets had been found.

At this point, Greater Anglia train cleaner Gaspare Giarracco volunteered to go through the bins at the station and came up with the tickets.

Mother and son were able to travel to Stratford while Mr Giarracco received a special service award from his company.

"Gaspare really is a champion. He's gone the extra mile to ensure a customer's once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Games could go ahead."

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• London 2012

Greater Anglia trains going to and from Liverpool Street are being delayed by up to 30 minutes after a vehicle collided with a bridge at Bow.

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• Liverpool Street

There are delays to Greater Anglia services between Shenfield and Liverpool Street this morning after thieves stole cables from the line near Romford. Greater Anglia tickets are valid on local bus routes, C2C trains and the District Line.

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