TRAINS from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street were cancelled this morning due to signalling problems.

The 8.30am train was cancelled, as were the 7.42am and 8.12am services.

Platforms five to 12 at Liverpool Street were affected by the problem, meaning routes in and out of the station were cancelled or delayed at short notice.

Coming out of London the 8.55 and 9.55am services to Southend Victoria were cancelled.

London Underground were accepting Greater Anglia tickets, as were TfL buses between Harold Wood and Stratford.

Engineers from Network Rail attended London Liverpool Street to fix the problem and services were running as normal by 11.30am.