Major disruption on London North Eastern Railway services
The line passes through some parts of Hertfordshire
Last updated 8th May 2021
People are being urged not to travel on a number of rail services, including London North Eastern Railway - after reports of cracks on some trains, which are being taken out of service to be checked.
It appears to be affecting Hitachi trains.
A GWR spokesperson says:
"A number of Class 800 series Hitachi trains from several train companies have been taken out of service today for checks as a precautionary measure.
"This problem is being investigated by Hitachi and once trains have been checked, we hope to be able to release them back into service as soon as possible.
"This will affect a significant number of today’s Intercity services and local lines are also likely to be extremely busy.
"Customers are advised not to travel.
"Refunds will be provided and customers should visit gwr.com for more information."
In an updated statement from GWR, the spokesperson added the issue is affecting long-distance journeys between cities, but that suburban and rural GWR services are still running as normal.
It's a similar message from London North Eastern Railway, which runs through some parts of Hertfordshire:
A message on Transpenine Express' website says "we are advising customers not to travel on our Newcastle to Liverpool route today due to an ongoing issue". We're contacting Transpenine to check it's the same issue as elsewhere.
It's not yet known when the services will return to normal.