Trains suffered half hour delays due to signal problems.
Commuters were left in the cold at Colchester North Station as problems at Ingatestone caused services to be altered and cancelled.
The problems occurred on Friday morning.
Some services had to miss stops at Marks Tey, Kelvedon, Witham and Chelmsford.
No services from Colchester Town were running.
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