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<strong>By Casey Jones, Railways Correspondent

The latest train fare hikes arrived bang on time today - unlike many of Greater Anglia's antiquated services.</strong>

Hard-pressed commuters were filled with joy while emptying their pockets for a 3.4% ticket increase - the biggest in five years.



A quick glance down the <a href="https://twitter.com/greateranglia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">official Greater Anglia Twitter feed</a> revealed these issues during the first rush hour back to work after the Christmas and New Year period:

<strong>6.00</strong> Stansted to London Liverpool Street 14 minutes late due to earlier points failure

<strong>6.33</strong> Norwich to Cambridge 12 minutes late due to earlier train fault

<strong>6.45</strong> Norwich to Lowestoft expected to be 10 minutes late due to earlier train fault

<strong>7.00</strong> Liverpool Street to Norwich is 10 minutes late. This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

<strong>7.00</strong> Stansted to Liverpool Street 8 coaches instead of 12

<strong>7.03</strong> Stowmarket to Liverpool Street 8 coaches instead of 12

<strong>7.16</strong> Harwich Town to London 8 coaches instead of 12

<strong>7.16</strong> Clacton to Colchester 4 coaches instead of 8

<strong>7.30</strong> Stansted to London Liverpool Street 8 coaches instead of 12

<strong>7.30</strong> Liverpool Street to Norwich is running 10 minutes late. This is due to a fault with the signalling system. 

<strong>7.35</strong> Lowestoft to Norwich expected to be 10 minutes late due to earlier train fault

<strong>7.42</strong> Liverpool Street to Hertford East 4 coaches instead of 8. This is due to a train fault.

<strong>7.47</strong> Lowestoft to Norwich cancelled due to train fault

<strong>8.09</strong> Norwich to Great Yarmouth cancelled due to a train fault.

<strong>8.10</strong> Liverpool Street to Stansted 8 coaches instead of 12.

<strong>8.13</strong> Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria expected to be 10 minutes late. This is due to another late running passenger train.

<strong>8.16</strong> Southminster to Liverpool Street expected to be 10 minutes late. This is due to a train fault.

<strong>8.39</strong> Hertford East to London Liverpool Street will be formed of 4 coaches instead of 8.

<strong>8:40</strong> Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport is now expected to be 10 minutes late. This is due to cows on the track. 

<strong>8.42</strong> Liverpool Street to Hertford East has been cancelled. This is due to a train fault.

<strong>8.46</strong> Great Yarmouth to Norwich cancelled due to a train fault

<strong>9.15</strong> Stansted to Liverpool Street formed of 8 coaches instead of 12.

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Despite the inconvenience across the network, Greater Anglia regularly Tweeted: "Some updates to note here... otherwise a good service is running."

Commuter Lorraine Fisher, 34, from Suffolk said: "I was very happy to pay 3.4% more for my service from Suffolk to London.

"Greater Anglia does an amazing job, so what could be better than paying an absolute fortune for sod all?"

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