East Coast Main Line: Thousands stranded as trains cancelled The problem, caused by overhead wire problems, left some waiting more than five hours, with companies advising many passengers to attempt to travel today instead. The companies advised worried passengers to contact them on Twitter using the hashtag #hitchin, with one commuter publicly describing the delays as "shambolic." "People delayed by 5 hours," he said. You can walk from Hitchin to Stevenage quicker. National Rail warned there would be disruption between Stevenage and Hitchin in Hertfordshire this morning. Delays were expected of up to 30 minutes between Kings Cross and Moorgate in London and Peterborough and Cambridge. The delays were expected to last until 7am, National Rail said, and passengers who decided not to travel yesterday may do so today instead.