Rail services between Shoebury and Fenchurch Street were halted for about three hours yesterday by a train failure outside Leigh station at about 11am.
A train ground to a halt as it left the station bound for Shoebury. A spokesman said: "It was hit by a technical problem and we had to run bus services between Leigh and Shoebury.
"We kept services running into London but we still had problems getting stock back to Shoebury."
The problem was rectified by 2pm.
Published Thursday September 2, 2004
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