Grim out there today
Lancaster train lines remain blocked following damage to overhead cables due to the heatwave - sparking chaos across the rail network.
He said: “I’ve been up since 4.30am, anxious, trying to get an answer from anywhere we can. I was monitoring trains this morning from Birmingham New Street to London Euston and one was literally cancelled with five minutes’ notice.”“It’s massive, massive anxiety,” he said. “Not being able to sleep, 4am this morning, fretting, seeing if there had been any updates.”
Ms Dixon added that she hopes to make the wake, but will have missed the service. Laura Horn, a lecturer at Roskilde University in Denmark, was travelling from Copenhagen to a conference in Limerick in western Ireland but was left stuck at London Euston. Alex Davies, a charity worker from Crewe, said he was “physically and mentally exhausted” from trying to organise his journey home from Portsmouth via London Euston.
National Rail has told customers to check before setting off on their journeys and to only travel if absolutely necessary. It said on its website: “A huge amount of work has been completed overnight to fix problems with the track and overhead wires caused by the heat yesterday. The route between London King’s Cross and Peterborough was closed until the early afternoon, with a reduced service running later in the day. Avanti West Coast said services from London Euston were cancelled due to ongoing repair work following damage caused by fires in the Hatch End area of north-west London on Tuesday.
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