St Albans cable theft causes major delays for train travel

Theft of signalling cables has caused “major disruption” on parts of the train network, National Rail said.

The cables were stolen at Napsbury, resulting in a fault with the signalling system at St Albans, Hertfordshire.

National Rail said East Midlands Railway services between Sheffield, Nottingham, Corby and London St Pancras were affected as well as Thameslink services between Bedford and East Croydon, and also between Luton and Rainham, in Kent.

A spokeswoman said work to replace the cables was taking place overnight and normal services were expected to resume at about 06:00 GMT on Sunday.