Thousands of passengers on one of the UK's key rail routes are being advised not to travel after overhead power lines caused major delays.
No trains were able to run on the east coast mainline between London and Peterborough during rush hour.
The problem was caused by a power line failure in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.
Network Rail told passengers heading to or from stations south of Peterborough, including London King's Cross, not to travel.
The problems began on Tuesday night when about 200 people were stranded at King's Cross after the last train to Leeds was cancelled.
One passenger said they were put on a coach to Peterborough at 03:40 GMT but it was involved in a minor accident in Huntingdon.
The east coast mainline is the main link between London and Edinburgh and also serves major cities in Yorkshire.
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Network Rail said all four lines between Biggleswade and Peterborough are blocked but it hopes re-open two of them by noon.
It wants people to defer journeys until Thursday, when tickets dated for travel on Wednesday will be accepted.
East Coast Trains is running a limited service with diesel trains - which do not need overhead power lines - via Cambridge.
First Capital Connect say buses are replacing trains between Peterborough and Biggleswade and are warning journey times could be extended by an hour.
End Quote Mike Manning PassengerThe coached started rattling, I thought it was going to tilt over"
It is thought many of the passengers stranded overnight had been to the Arsenal's Champions League game against Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium in north London.
Jonathan Selwyn said his family got on the 23:30 GMT train at King's Cross and were kept on for about four hours with no information, when they were put on a coach to Peterborough.
"We were heading up the motorway and found ourselves careering through the central reservation," he said.
"I'm here with my 12-year-old son, my 15-year-old son, my wife and 80-year-old mother. It's bit of a nightmare."
Mike Manning had been to the Millwall v Peterborough football match and was also kept on the 23:30 train for several hours before getting on the coach which crashed.
'Exceptional situation'He said: "The coached started rattling, I thought it was going to tilt over but fortunately everyone is safe."
Everyone on the coach got off at about 05:00 GMT and were kept in a lay-by until another replacement bus came to take them to Peterborough.
A spokeswoman from East Coast Trains said it was "very sorry" for what happened to the stranded passengers.
"It was an exceptional situation at King's Cross," she said.
"We kept passengers on the train while we were waiting updates from Network Rail.
"It is unacceptable if they had no information and we are looking into what happened.
"We can understand it was awful for the passengers and it was not only annoying but hugely inconvenient."
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