LNER: Leeds to London train services cancelled after vandals target 'railway equipment' - live updates

London North Eastern Railway has issued a warning to customers after vandalism to railway equipment cause delays and cancellations in Leeds.

Due to the damage, LNER is only able to run one services in each direction per hour, and services may be cancelled to diverted.

Affected LNER services:

06.33 London Kings Cross to Leeds due 08.52 is cancelled.

07:03 London Kings Cross to Leeds due 09:16 will call additionally at Stevenage and Grantham. 07:08 Leeds to Aberdeen due 13:02 will run in reverse formation to Newcastle.

An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 07:15 York to London Kings Cross due 09:32.

07:33 London Kings Cross to Harrogate due 10:24 will be diverted between Doncaster and Leeds and will no longer call at Wakefield Westgate and is expected to be 7 minutes late.

07:37 Harrogate to London Kings Cross due 10:30 will no longer call at Wakefield Westgate.

08:03 London Kings Cross to Leeds due 10:17 will run in reverse formation throughout.

08:43 Bradford Forster Square to London Kings Cross due 11:30 will be cancelled.

09:30 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross due 13:52 will be cancelled.

09:36 Harrogate to London Kings Cross due 12:29 will be diverted between Leeds and Doncaster and will no longer call at Wakefield Westgate and is expected to be 14 minutes late.

10:00 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross due 14:39 will call additionally at Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

19:16 Leeds to London Kings Cross due 21:29 will be cancelled.

19:45 Leeds to London Kings Cross due 22:00 will call additionally at Grantham and Stevenage.

You can check your journey and get real-time updates using National Rail's Journey Planner here.

LNER has issued an update on the 9.03am service from London Kings Cross to Leeds, as passengers travelling to Leeds will have to travel via Transpennine Express from York.

The 11.45 service from Leeds to London Kings Cross is now due to start from York.

National Rail has issued a warning to customers travelling via LNER and Northern between Sheffield, Doncaster and Leeds:

LNER

LNER are currently only able to run one service in each direction per hour between Doncaster and Leeds.

Some services may be diverted, not calling at Wakefield Westgate.

Northern

Sheffield to Leeds via Moorthorpe services will be terminated at / started back from Moorthorpe.

Doncaster to Leeds services are currently unable to run.

Road transport will depart from Moorthorpe for stations to Wakefield Westgate at XX:10, and from Wakefield Westgate every hour for stations to Moorthorpe. These will be operated by Ross Travel.

Road transport has been requested to run between Doncaster and Leeds. You will be updated here once this is confirmed.

Please note, journey times will be extended by 60 minutes when travelling using replacement road transport.

The fault with the signalling system causing disruption to LNER and Northern services has been rectified, with some cancellations or disruptions expected until 1.30pm.

LNER services affected by vandalism are still facing disruption.

You can use the National Rail Journey Planner to stay up to date on your journey.

A Network Rail spokesperson told the YEP: “Our teams have been working through the night to repair vandalism on the line between Doncaster and Leeds.

“Network Rail engineers fixed the damage and reopened the line fully just after 12.30pm today (Wednesday).

“We are asking passengers to check their journey before travelling via National Rail Enquiries or their train operator as residual delays may continue throughout the day.”