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Passengers faced fresh disruption on the beleaguered rail network after engineering works overran between Peterborough and St Neots, causing delays and service disruption on the route. National Rail said the problem was caused by overrunning engineering works between Peterborough and St Neots. The disruption affected services on one of the key routes into and out of London, adding to passenger frustration after a period of unreliable timetables, replacement buses and repeated disruption across parts of the network.
The incident caused further inconvenience for passengers who have already faced a difficult period of altered services and rail replacement arrangements. Although National Rail later said that all lines had reopened and that the disruption had ended, passengers were still warned that services would need time to recover.
The latest disruption will increase scrutiny of Network Rail and train operators over the planning and delivery of engineering work, with questions being asked about the oversight of the Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.