Passengers are being warned to check before travelling this morning after a ‘network wide’ IT issue is leading to short term cancellations.
A number of operators are known to be affected, including Great Northern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink, Southern, Hull Trains, TransPennine Express, Lumo, Great Western Railway, Avanti West Coast, West Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway and Northern.
Due to the issue, some train operators cannot access driver diagrams at some depots, meaning that trains will need to be cancelled.
Other systems, including real-time customer information is also affected.
More updates will be released via National Rail Enquiries.
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Not forgetting Greater Anglia, c2c, Stansted Express, Heathrow Express, South Western Railway, ScotRail, TfL (including London Overground and Elizabeth Line) and Transport for Wales. They too were also affected by widespread IT issues.
What caused that failure then ? Someone at York unplugging a server to plug in (another) Television Set ???