Train services between Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk and London have been disrupted after a signalling fault. <\/p>\n
Greater Anglia said there was a loss of signalling early on Monday morning that was affecting trains running through the Beaulieu Park area near Chelmsford in Essex.<\/p>\n
Delays and cancellations have been reported on services between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, Ipswich, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester and Braintree. <\/p>\n
Network Rail engineers were on site, but the problem was having a “significant effect”, Greater Anglia said.<\/p>\n
Passengers have been warned that alternate train journeys could take up to three hours. <\/p>\n
People travelling between London and Norwich are advised to go to Stansted Airport and use the Stansted Express services or travel to Cambridge and change. <\/p>\n
Those travelling to and from Ipswich are advised to travel via Cambridge. <\/p>\n
Local bus services are also operating in Essex to relieve the disruption.<\/p>\n
Full details of alternate routes can be found on Greater Anglia’s website, external<\/a>. <\/p>\n Jonathan Denby, the company’s corporate affairs director, said the fault was having “a very significant effect”. <\/p>\n “There is extreme, significant disruption to all services across the great eastern rail line through Chelmsford and toward London,” he said. <\/p>\n The problem was causing “major, major delays”, he added. <\/p>\n