Lines have reopened following a fault with the signalling system between Hitchin and Royston. As service recovers, trains may still be delayed by up to 20 minutes.
This is expected until 07:30.
Customer Advice
Residual delays are possible to services that run between Cambridge & Royston/Stevenage, due to an earlier fault with the signalling system in the Ashwell & Morden area.
Some services may be altered as a result, which means they may have cancelled stops or will terminate and restart at a different station to normal.
You can travel using your normal route, but please allow some extra time for your journey and check before you travel.
You can check if your journey will be affected using the live route map here.Â
Can you tell me more about the incident?
In this particular situation the fault has been confirmed as a 'Track Circuit Failure'. This means the signalling system is unable to automatically verify if the next section of track past the affected signal is clear.Â
The rail network is designed so that if a signal stops working, trains will stop before they reach it. Whilst this issue is ongoing, train crew will stop at the affected signal and contact the signalling centre to confirm their location. At this point the signaller will verbally authorise the driver to continue towards the next signal. This process adds time to every trainâs journey, which means services can experience short delays.
Check before you travel:
You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner
âââââââCompensation:
You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.