Britain’s biggest train company on Friday warned passengers to expect disruption due to ‘widespread IT issues’.

Govia Thameslink Railway – parent company of Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern – issued an alert on the brands’ social media channels.

The message stated: ‘We are currently experiencing widespread IT issues across our entire network.

‘Our IT teams are actively investigating to determine the root cause of the problem.

‘We are unable to access driver diagrams at certain locations, leading to potential short-notice cancellations, particularly on the Thameslink and Great Northern networks.

‘Additionally, other key systems, including our real-time customer information platforms, are also affected.

‘We will provide additional updates when we can. In the meantime, please regularly check your journey before you travel.’

GTR carries more passengers and has more trains and staff than any other operator in Britain.

Meanwhile, high-speed rail services to Paris have been severely disrupted by what officials described as ‘criminal actions’ and sabotage, hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

The incidents paralysed several high-speed lines linking the French capital to the rest of France and to neighbouring countries, according to transport minister Patrice Vergriete.

Speaking on BFM television, he described people fleeing from the scene of fires and the discovery of incendiary devices, adding: ‘Everything indicates that these are criminal fires.’

Travel to and from London beneath the English Channel, to neighbouring Belgium, and across the west, north, and east of France was affected by what the national rail company SNCF called a series of co-ordinated overnight incidents.

French government officials denounced the acts, though they said there was no immediate sign of a direct link to the Olympics. National police said authorities were investigating the incidents.

source: PA

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