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A trespass incident at Peterborough at about 15.00 today was cleared by about 16.30 as far as I can see, yet it would seem all this evenings Kings Cross to Peterborough peak trains are cancelled, first one leaves at 16.42. My question is why, but more concerning will tomorrow mornings peak...

Looks like it’s all fixed now, the damage is done for the day though.

Thanks very much for Peterborough - use it every day for work.

Looks like there is an issue with the Peterborough area on Traksy/OTT since York ROC took over. The trains on the maps are from last Tuesday. I have posted a message to both but no response yet.

And then you get people being hit by trains, St Neots on the ECML, to make everything worse.

I asked the same question last strike day - The answer, Due to crew and stock displacement from the Strike Day.

Well something needs to happen, this abysmal situation can’t be left to carry on. As others have said, 2 trains an hour (if there are no cancellations) quickly reduces to nothing. Thameslink can generally get you to work in the morning, there’s no guarantee they will get you home.

Trying to get an explanation from GTR as to why on strike day Peterborough gets 2 tph but the next non strike day only 1 tph all day. They say crew and stock displacement, but how can that last all day. Seems to me they just can’t be bothered to try and get back to normal service throughout the...

My train of choice in the mornings is the 05.42, formed of 2 x 365 units and booked to run fast line from Huntingdon. Over the last few weeks it has stayed on the slow lines until Hitchin. Sometimes we now get stuck behind freight at Biggleswade, and this morning held twice (because we were...

The Thameslink trains that have arrived from Horsham have now gone into Spital Sidings.

I just missed the 11.10 Peterborough to Kings Cross which is the broken down train. I am on the 11.29 which is still at Platform 3. The train manager has said they are waiting for a rescue loco to pull the train out of the way back to Peterbough.

Damage reported to the overhead wires, delays expected until 12.00, trains being diverted around the Hertford Loop. Virgin cancelling some Leeds Trains

Just got to Kings Cross and announcements saying all lines closed at Welwyn Garden City

National Rail saying delays up to 90 minutes until 12.00, emergency engineering work between Newark and Grantham. Looks like some trains being turned around at Doncaster.

Why so many cancellations today due to shortage of train crew....Is this because Sunday working is voluntary?