Rail passengers hoping to use the East Coast main line from Edinburgh Waverley to London King’s Cross have been urged to avoid travelling today – after both ends of the line were hit by electricity supply failures.
At Edinburgh Waverley, just before 5pm on Thursday, what Network Rail calls a “power surge” wiped out the signalling system around the station. It brought everything to a halt and led to all trains being cancelled to and from the Scottish capital, affecting tens of thousands of passengers.
