Issue resolved: disruption between Peterborough and Ely expected until 19:00  

Route(s) affected

CrossCountry between Birmingham New Street and Stansted Airport

East Midlands Railway between Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Piccadilly / Sheffield and Norwich

Greater Anglia between Peterborough and Ipswich / Colchester

Description

Trains are now returning to normal following an earlier fault with the signalling system at Manea.

As services recover, trains between Peterborough and Ely may continue to be delayed by up to 45 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until 19:00.

A visual disruption map video is available.

CrossCountry customer advice:

If your CrossCountry train is cancelled, you may use your ticket on the two CrossCountry train services operating before or the two CrossCountry train services after your cancelled service.

Alternatively, you may use your ticket at no extra cost on the following services and routes:

Routes via London:

• Avanti West Coast services between Birmingham New Street / Nuneaton and London Euston

• East Midlands Railway services between Leicester and London St Pancras International

• Greater Anglia services between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport / Ely and Peterborough

• Great Northern services between Ely and London Kings Cross

• London Northwestern Railway services between Birmingham New Street / Nuneaton and London Euston

• LNER services between Peterborough and London Kings Cross

• London Underground services between London Terminals: Euston, King's Cross St. Pancras, and / or Liverpool Street (please show your ticket to gate line staff to be allowed through the ticket gates)

• Thameslink services between Peterborough and London St Pancras International

Routes avoiding London:

• East Midlands Railway services between Leicester and Nottingham, and Nottingham and Ely

• Greater Anglia services between Cambridge and Stansted Airport, changing at Bishops Stortford

• Thameslink services between Peterborough and Hitchin and Thameslink / Great Northern services between Hitchin and Cambridge

You do not need to amend your ticket to use it on these services.

East Midlands Railway customer advice:

Trains running through the area in both directions can run however may be delayed by up to 45 minutes.

How do I get where I need to be?

You should continue to travel as originally planned however your journey may be delayed by 45 minutes.

If you would like to travel on an alternative route you can use your tickets at no extra cost on the below routes:

• CrossCountry services between Ely and Leicester

• Greater Anglia services between Ely and Norwich

• LNER services between Peterborough and Doncaster

• Northern services between Doncaster and Sheffield

• TransPennine Express services between Doncaster and Sheffield

Greater Anglia customer advice:

Train services are subject to delays and short notice alterations.

How do I get where I need to be?

You may use your ticket at no extra cost on the following services and routes:

• East Midlands Railway between Peterborough and Norwich

• CrossCountry between Cambridge and Peterborough

Additional information:

Advance purchase tickets holders will be allowed to travel on earlier or later trains if their booked service is cancelled.

You can check your next train and alternative options using the Greater Anglia live map.

Specific train service alterations are also available to view.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

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.