London trains delayed due to flooding of Thameslink tunnels

Cape Town - Flooding from a burst water main in a tunnel left the Thameslink rail operator unable to run any trains in London over the weekend and on Monday, as engineers struggled to fix the flooding over the tracks.

About 50 000 litres of water poured into the tunnel between St Pancras and Farringdon on Friday 24 January, reports BBC News. Over the weekend, water continued to flood the rails and services eventually had to pump more than 300 000 liters of water to clear the rails. 

To give you a better ideal of the #FarringdonTrains flooding @networkrail have pumped 300,000 litres of water.

— Thameslink (@TLRailUK) January 26, 2015

On Monday, pumping out the water caused for major delays, and Network Rail warned that the disruption would stop all trains from running between London St Pancras International and Farringdon until the end of service on Monday, 26 January. 

Apologies to everyone who has been caught up in the disruption since Friday. Please claim delay repay here: http://t.co/9QCcldh6P5

— Thameslink (@TLRailUK) January 26, 2015

To make matters worse for commuters, trains on the South West service underwent signal failure on Tuesday morning, 27 January, which led to even further delays just as about the flooding situation at Waterloo was cleared up, reports Daily Mail. 

A signalling problem at London Liverpool Street and a broken-down train at Gidea Park caused delays of up 30 minutes to trains between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield in Essex.

Close up of the flooding between St Pancras & Farringdon causing short notice alterations & delays #FarringdonTrains pic.twitter.com/CMLsZSQws5

— Thameslink (@TLRailUK) January 23, 2015

Please see this link for full information about the service tomorrow : http://t.co/G7zq8Owcyi #Farringdontrains pic.twitter.com/Rhrogofx82

— Thameslink (@TLRailUK) January 25, 2015

#FarringdonTrains - Video showing the flooding caused by a burst water main between St Pancras & Farringdon https://t.co/WgDZOrQjb3

— Thameslink (@TLRailUK) January 23, 2015

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