New Year’s travel chaos after 200m of power cables snatched by thieves

A signalling cable theft has caused train delays and cancellations on New Year’s Eve (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

As the New Year countdown begins, passengers are facing train delays and cancellations after 656ft (200m) of signalling cables were stolen in South Yorkshire.

Several routes between Doncaster and Sheffield have been affected by the copper theft in Conisbrough, which Network Rail said it was alerted to at about 4am today.

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