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Network Rail sends Thames Water 'multi-million pound bill' after floods cause delays

Network Rail has issued Thames Water with a “multi-million pound bill” after leaks and a burst water main led to major delays and more than 1,000 trains being cancelled

According to the BBC, Friday’s cancellations lead to accumulated delays to other services of more than 133 hours.

The St Pancras to Farringdon track was closed at 21:00 GMT with no trains “until at least the end of service” on Thursday.

Phil Verster, of Network Rail, said: “The overwhelming extent of the continued flooding made it unsafe to run normal through services between London St Pancras and London Blackfriars since Sunday.

“We expect Thames Water to reimburse passengers, train operators and Network Rail for the significant consequences of these water leaks.”

Chris Featherston, from Thames Water, said: “We’re very sorry for the delays commuters have experienced.

“We’ve got our best teams working as fast as possible to discover where this water is coming from.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .