HUNDREDS of people left stranded in London after a fallen tree sparked rail chaos are finally set to get moving again.
Pictures from London Euston - where many travellers were gearing up to head to Glasgow for the start of the COP26 climate summit - showed large numbers of passengers left stuck yesterday afternoon.
Major disruption was caused after a fallen tree halted services between London and Glasgow, with travellers heading to the summit acknowledging the irony of being delayed by extreme weather.
Many were caught on slow moving or stationary trains, while others were forced to book domestic flights to reach the summit.
An announcement just before 2pm revealed all train services had been suspended and the concourse was “exit only” due to overcrowding.
The original disruption came as a result of damage to overhead electrical wires between Rugby and Milton Keynes on the West Coast Main Line.
Network Rail last night had teams on site near Long Buckby in Northamptonshire, where the damage occurred.
Good morning - trains moving again in and out of Euston after our overnight engineers repaired overhead electric wires damaged by a fallen tree near Rugby yesterday
— London Euston (@NetworkRailEUS) November 1, 2021
Still some residual delays as we seek to resume a normal timetable@AvantiWestCoast @LNRailway @nationalrailenq
The company were working overnight to remove the fallen tree before assessing the damage and beginning repairs.
They confirmed this morning that trains were back on.
They posted on social media: "Good morning - trains moving again in and out of Euston after our overnight engineers repaired overhead electric wires damaged by a fallen tree near Rugby yesterday.
"Still some residual delays as we seek to resume a normal timetable".
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