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| First Capital Connect trains evacuated after balloon hits cables | First Capital Connect trains evacuated after balloon hits cables |
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| Two passenger trains were evacuated after a child's foil balloon hit overhead cables, causing a power cut in Cambridgeshire. | Two passenger trains were evacuated after a child's foil balloon hit overhead cables, causing a power cut in Cambridgeshire. |
| Train operator First Capital Connect said the trains were stopped at 12:50 GMT just south of Huntingdon. | Train operator First Capital Connect said the trains were stopped at 12:50 GMT just south of Huntingdon. |
| All lines are blocked and passengers going in both directions on the Peterborough to King's Cross East Coast Mainline route were taken off, he said. | |
| People will see "major delays" and are urged to check their train's website. | |
| Passengers on board the 10:45 GMT service from Leeds were stuck at Huntingdon for more than three hours, a spokesman for operator East Coast Trains confirmed. | |
| 'Alternative routes' | |
| Their train was now being "diesel-hauled" the rest of the way to London, he added. | |
| He advised passengers to check the East Coast website before travelling, which gives details of alternative routes. | |
| Tickets were also being accepted by other operators, he said. | |
| Trains from London are terminating at St Neots and bus replacement services are being laid on. | Trains from London are terminating at St Neots and bus replacement services are being laid on. |
| First Capital Connect said it hoped all lines would be reopened by 19:00 GMT. |