Rail passengers travelling between Norwich and London face disruption this morning.

An earlier points failure at Ilford has affected the movement of trains from Greater Anglia's carriage servicing depot and on two out of the four lines through Ilford.

All lines reopened just before 6.40am but the operator has warned that all train services running through this station may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

Disruption was expected until about 7.30am.

London Underground and Bus services are taking passengers via any reasonable route until further notice and arrangements have been made for Abellio Greater Anglia rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys.

London Buses route 86 runs from Romford to Stratford,

Route 25 from Ilford to the City of London at Aldgate and Bank for Liverpool Street.

Routes 174, 294 496 and 498 run between Gidea Park and Romford,

Routes 294,496 and 498 run from Harold Wood to Gidea Park and Romford,

Route 498 runs from Brentwood to Harold Wood, Gidea Park and Romford,

London Underground Central Line services run from Hainault and Newbury Park to Stratford and Liverpool Street,

The Greater Anglia website states that Network Rail technicians are at the location of the fault and are working as fast as possible to resolve the problems.

The company has apologised if travel plans are affected by this disruption.

For information about the operator's delay repay policy log onto www.abelliogreateranglia.co.uk/about-us/our-performance/delay-repay