Cable theft hits Greater Anglia services from Norwich to London for the second weekend running

Rail services on a major commuter line were cancelled and disrupted after thieves stole cables for the second weekend running.

Greater Anglia said that services between Norwich and London Liverpool Street were affected for a few hours after cables were stolen at Shenfield in Essex, which knocked out the signalling.

It is the second weekend in a row that cable thieves have struck at Shenfield.

In a post on X, the train company said that Network Rail engineers had made repairs to the signalling system and that services had resumed.

Earlier this month Greater Anglia became the third operator to be nationalised by the Labour government.

The Department for Transport (DfT) said Greater Anglia would “continue to thrive” under public ownership and “be used as a benchmark for other operators”.

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