Train drivers are refusing to drive across a certain stretch of tracks after a number of mysterious shootings left carriages riddled with bullet holes.
Services operated by Greater Anglia and Great Northern have been hit over the last three weekends between Cambridge and Cambridge North railway stations with police unable to locate where the shooting is coming from.
Drivers have refused to operate trains through the area until the person or persons behind the shootings are caught and stopped.
Officers from Cambridgeshire Police are said to be staking out the area.
Cambridge North railway station
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A railway insider told The Telegraph: "Apparently the police are crawling around the area, but they can’t locate where the shooter is coming from." They added that drivers are: "Refusing to go up there."
Another added up to 20 carriages have been vandalised in the weeks-long campaign of damage.
Greater Anglia’s social media staff posted to social media on Monday: "Due to vandalism on a train yesterday between #CambridgeNorth and Cambridge.
"Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised."
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No injuries have been reported so far, with train company sources insisting that the latest spate of shootings, on Sunday, at around 5.30pm, damaged but did not penetrate the targeted carriage’s windows.
The stretch between the two stations is just over two miles and passes light industrial estates, various residential areas including houses and flats, a lake, a church and about a mile of parkland and common ground.
The nature of the damage suggests a single impact, ruling out a shotgun as the weapon used.
Both the Greater Anglia and Great Northern services that stop at Cambridge North carry commuters to and from London.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "We have been contacted with reports of trains being hit with projectiles near Cambridge North railway station.
"Officers have attended the area, and full searches have been conducted, however, no one has been identified in connection. Damage has been caused to trains, however, there have been no reported injuries. Enquiries are ongoing."
A spokesman for Govia Thameslink Railway, which runs Great Northern trains, said: "We can confirm that train services between Cambridge and King’s Lynn were disrupted on Sunday night (Feb 2) by an incident near Cambridge North that the police have been investigating.
"Trains were delayed or cancelled in the area from around 5.40pm on Sunday. This put our trains out of position for their normal start-up the following morning so services were disrupted. We’re supporting BTP with their investigation."
A spokesman for Greater Anglia said: "We are investigating isolated incidents of damage to some train services travelling between Cambridge and Cambridge North stations. We are working with British Transport Police (BTP) to identify the cause and what, if any, further action is necessary."
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