A “nationwide fault” has caused major disruption across at least 10 lines of the UK’s rail network, National Rail says. National Rail said it was due to an issue with the radio system used between train drivers and signallers on Friday morning. The issue has now been fixed, but residual delays may continue while the timetable is restored. Services in and out of England’s major transport hubs, including Manchester Piccadilly, London Paddington and Southampton Central, were affected. Great Northern, Northern, ScotRail, Southeastern, Southern, South Western Railway, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, Heathrow Express and the Elizabeth line were all impacted. Travel expert Simon Calder told BBC Radio 5Live that Friday morning had been “a miserable rush hour for a lot of people”.
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