COP26 delegates forced to FLY to Glasgow after a SINGLE fallen tree causes travel chaos at London Euston and delayed passengers are forced to spend the night on the station floor - but Sadiq Khan’s electric 'climate train' isn’t cancelled...
Mayhem at London's Euston Station continued today after a single tree fell and damaged overhead wires causing travel chaos for delegates trying to reach the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan's Pendolino climate train left London Euston on time this morning but other delegates were forced to fly to Glasgow and passengers spent the night on the floor after heavy winds brought a tree down on top of overhead lines.
Delays continued this morning after the single tree fell between between Rugby and Milton Keynes on the West Coast Main Line. Network Rail said its teams spent the night on site near Long Buckby in Northamptonshire.
One journalist travelling to the COP26 climate summit was quoted almost £1,000 for a taxi between Edinburgh and Glasgow after battling train cancellations.
Another CEO delegate, who took to a plane to reach the climate change summit, said the irony of having to choose the cabon-heavy option after extreme weather affected the trains 'was not lost' on him.
Meanwhile, Mr Khan wrote on Twitter: 'Delighted to lead a delegation of mayors from across the globe from London to Glasgow on our special electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying.'
Delays continued this morning even after engineers worked overnight to repair the damaged wires after Network Rail admitted 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us'. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson arrived at Glasgow International Airport at 11.30pm last night after flying straight from the G20 summit in Rome, Italy.
The chaos didn't stop with Britain's rail network, as thousands of attendees battled against lengthy immovable queues through security to get into the summit this morning.
One bystander joked the conference would be a disaster because no one would be there until the second day.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan stands next to the electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying,' he claimed
Services were halted on Sunday and engineers battled overnight to repair the damage after storms led to chaos on the network. Some passengers were forced to sleep in the station amid the delays
Passengers were left looking in despair at departure boards revealing trains were facing major delays even at 5.31am
Passengers sat on the floor as time ticked by without trains running out of London's Euston station at 5.30am this morning
The latest statement on the Avanti West Coast website revealed yesterday's tickets would still be valid for travel Monday
One passenger posted an image to Facebook with the caption 'we have a problem'. The photograph showed crowds outside Euston Station this morning
London Mayor Sadiq Khan took the train from London's Euston to Glasgow on Monday morning
Mr Khan opted to wait for train travel to resume this morning rather than flying to the Glasgow summit. He wrote on Twitter: 'Delighted to lead a delegation of mayors from across the globe from London to Glasgow on our special electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying'
Mr Khan is pictured with the mayors of some of the world's biggest cities as they prepared to board a train to Glasgow
The damaged overheard lines have now been repaired and trains are running in and out of London's Euston station, but the delays have continued. The backlog means services that do leave the station are crowded, with reservations mostly unavailable.
A spokesman said: 'All repairs were successfully completed overnight and all the infrastructure is fixed and raring to go. Services have already resumed out of Euston this morning but there will be some residual disruption and passengers should check operators websites for more specific information on their chosen services.'
The railway company last night said it was 'truly sorry' for the disruption, caused by damage in the Rugby area, which came at the worst possible time for people trying to reach the COP26 summit venue ahead of its opening today.
Sky's Samantha Washington was quoted £870 for a taxi from Edinburgh to Glasgow as she tried to get to the climate summit, according to Politico.eu. Other passengers spent the night in hotels or lay on the station floor as they waited for services to resume.
One woman said she had to pay a £110 taxi fare to get home after she struggled to get trains out of London heading in the right direction.
David Johnson, CEO of the Margaret Pyke Trust, which tackles climate change through family planning, said he was on his train from London Euston to Glasgow for half an hour yesterday before he was told it was cancelled.
After booking a flight to Glasgow, he said: 'The irony of the climate impacting the trains, meaning a flight to the climate change conference is the only way to get there today, is not lost on me.'
Fahad Ajlan, a policy advisor in Saudi Arabia, told MailOnline he had to book a hotel last night when he couldn't get his 10.45am train from London Euston yesterday.
He said: 'I am heading to COP26. I had a train leaving yesterday at 10.45am but unfortunately after boarding we were asked to come off and then had to wait for a few hours. At 3pm I decided I had enough of waiting and got a hotel.'
It came as parts of the UK may saw tornadoes, the Met Office said, after strong winds and rain battered the country. Gusts of over 80mph were recorded with reports of wind damage which caused major delays to travel out of London.
Passengers shared their woes online as one said they managed to get a crowded train on another service. Another said they were forced to stay another night in London
When the trains were cancelled one woman paid £110 to get a taxi home from Bicester Village. Another social media user said their son was refused entry on a train because of overcrowding
Another Twitter user was more than 12 hours late for his nephew's graduation after the trains were cancelled
Network Rail last night admitted the 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us' as they told stranded passengers at London Euston, the worst-hit station, to give up, go home and hope the situation improves overnight
The damaged lines have now been repaired and trains are running in and out of the station, but there are still delays. Pictured, passengers waiting for their trains last night
Many of the passengers were hoping to travel to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit, but have been left stuck in London Euston
Journalists and academics were among the thwarted passengers who took to Twitter to complain. Some pointed out signage at Euston that trumpeted the rail network's green credentials - saying 'Thank you for travelling to COP by train.'
National Rail's live departure and arrivals board showed delays to more than 20 trains, including those travelling to Glasgow Central, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe and Northampton.
Avanti West Coast confirmed it was 'unable to run any services into and out of London Euston' and 'strongly advised' customers not to travel.
Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, who was on the 11am service from London to Edinburgh for COP26, said he had been stuck since 11:45am as a result of the weather disruption.
He wrote on Twitter: 'My train to Glasgow #COP26, via Edinburgh to avoid the crowds, now stationary due to gale force winds and severe rainfall causing a tree to fall on the line…'
The scientist later added: 'This train ride is certainly Halloween themed, it's a true horror show. Four hours late and no buffet since about 2pm.'
A spokesman for Network Rail, Chris Halpin, said last night: 'I'm afraid there are still major delays on the West Coast main line and the advice once again is to not travel this evening.
'That's because the diversionary route by Northampton that we had been able to run trains is now not viable.
'We had problems on the West Coast main line at Long Buckby this afternoon because overhead lined were damaged by trees that had come down in the very wet and windy weather that we had overnight.
'We had been running a diversionary route that got a limited number of services back up and running again but that now is closed and blocked because of problems with the overhead electric lines there.
'Our engineers are working as fast as they possibly can to try and get routes back up and running again so we can get people on the move but our advice to people this evening is not to travel.'
A statement from the rail company added: 'We're advising passengers seeking to get from London to Glasgow to travel [on Monday]. This is due to the impact of heavy rain has had on the railway today.
'All line north have been affected at times including the West Coast main line, which remains impassable due to damaged overhead electric wires.
'We are truly sorry for this. We exist to get people and good swiftly from A to B. But today's extreme weather got the better of us.'
Hundreds of passengers hoping to travel to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit by train have been left waiting inside London's Euston station (pictured above)
A passenger reacts whilst waiting in Euston Station after trains were cancelled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference
Pictures on social media have shown a packed London Euston station after a tree falling caused damage to overhead lines, suspending all trains
Hundreds of passengers await news on when trains will be up and running again. All passengers have been advised not to travel today
Delegates, campaigners and journalists travelling by train to the Glasgow climate conference fell victim to a weather chaos today after a fallen tree on a railway line. Pictured: London Euston is exit only due to overcrowding and suspended services
A Reuters reporter on a cancelled train service said several passengers at London Euston (pictured) had changed their travel plans and were booking flights to Glasgow where the United Nations COP26 climate conference kicks off on Sunday
Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, said he has been stuck since 11:45am while David Johnson, who is attending Cop26 as chief executive of the Margaret Pyke Trust, said he was left sitting on his train from London Euston to Glasgow for more than half an hour before being told to get off
Elsewhere another commuter described how their train was en route to Glasgow only to return to Euston after issues on the line.
Just before 2pm yesterday, an announcement in the station revealed all train services had been suspended and the concourse was 'exit only' due to overcrowding.
Pictures on social media showed the concourse packed with stricken travellers, many of whom were hoping to travel north for the climate conference which began on Sunday.
Others reported being stuck on slow moving or stationary trains - some for more than three hours - while others were forced to book domestic flights to reach the summit. Mayhem at London's Euston Station continued today after a single tree fell and damaged overhead wires causing travel chaos for delegates trying to reach the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan's Pendolino climate train left London Euston on time this morning but other delegates were forced to fly to Glasgow and passengers spent the night on the floor after heavy winds brought a tree down on top of overhead lines.
Delays continued this morning after the single tree fell between between Rugby and Milton Keynes on the West Coast Main Line. Network Rail said its teams spent the night on site near Long Buckby in Northamptonshire.
One journalist travelling to the COP26 climate summit was quoted almost £1,000 for a taxi between Edinburgh and Glasgow after battling train cancellations.
Another CEO delegate, who took to a plane to reach the climate change summit, said the irony of having to choose the cabon-heavy option after extreme weather affected the trains 'was not lost' on him.
Meanwhile, Mr Khan wrote on Twitter: 'Delighted to lead a delegation of mayors from across the globe from London to Glasgow on our special electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying.'
Delays continued this morning even after engineers worked overnight to repair the damaged wires after Network Rail admitted 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us'. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson arrived at Glasgow International Airport at 11.30pm last night after flying straight from the G20 summit in Rome, Italy.
The chaos didn't stop with Britain's rail network, as thousands of attendees battled against lengthy immovable queues through security to get into the summit this morning.
One bystander joked the conference would be a disaster because no one would be there until the second day.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan stands next to the electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying,' he claimed
Services were halted on Sunday and engineers battled overnight to repair the damage after storms led to chaos on the network. Some passengers were forced to sleep in the station amid the delays
Passengers were left looking in despair at departure boards revealing trains were facing major delays even at 5.31am
Passengers sat on the floor as time ticked by without trains running out of London's Euston station at 5.30am this morning
The latest statement on the Avanti West Coast website revealed yesterday's tickets would still be valid for travel Monday
One passenger posted an image to Facebook with the caption 'we have a problem'. The photograph showed crowds outside Euston Station this morning
London Mayor Sadiq Khan took the train from London's Euston to Glasgow on Monday morning
Mr Khan opted to wait for train travel to resume this morning rather than flying to the Glasgow summit. He wrote on Twitter: 'Delighted to lead a delegation of mayors from across the globe from London to Glasgow on our special electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying'
Mr Khan is pictured with the mayors of some of the world's biggest cities as they prepared to board a train to Glasgow
The damaged overheard lines have now been repaired and trains are running in and out of London's Euston station, but the delays have continued. The backlog means services that do leave the station are crowded, with reservations mostly unavailable.
A spokesman said: 'All repairs were successfully completed overnight and all the infrastructure is fixed and raring to go. Services have already resumed out of Euston this morning but there will be some residual disruption and passengers should check operators websites for more specific information on their chosen services.'
The railway company last night said it was 'truly sorry' for the disruption, caused by damage in the Rugby area, which came at the worst possible time for people trying to reach the COP26 summit venue ahead of its opening today.
Sky's Samantha Washington was quoted £870 for a taxi from Edinburgh to Glasgow as she tried to get to the climate summit, according to Politico.eu. Other passengers spent the night in hotels or lay on the station floor as they waited for services to resume.
One woman said she had to pay a £110 taxi fare to get home after she struggled to get trains out of London heading in the right direction.
David Johnson, CEO of the Margaret Pyke Trust, which tackles climate change through family planning, said he was on his train from London Euston to Glasgow for half an hour yesterday before he was told it was cancelled.
After booking a flight to Glasgow, he said: 'The irony of the climate impacting the trains, meaning a flight to the climate change conference is the only way to get there today, is not lost on me.'
Fahad Ajlan, a policy advisor in Saudi Arabia, told MailOnline he had to book a hotel last night when he couldn't get his 10.45am train from London Euston yesterday.
He said: 'I am heading to COP26. I had a train leaving yesterday at 10.45am but unfortunately after boarding we were asked to come off and then had to wait for a few hours. At 3pm I decided I had enough of waiting and got a hotel.'
It came as parts of the UK may saw tornadoes, the Met Office said, after strong winds and rain battered the country. Gusts of over 80mph were recorded with reports of wind damage which caused major delays to travel out of London.
Passengers shared their woes online as one said they managed to get a crowded train on another service. Another said they were forced to stay another night in London
When the trains were cancelled one woman paid £110 to get a taxi home from Bicester Village. Another social media user said their son was refused entry on a train because of overcrowding
Another Twitter user was more than 12 hours late for his nephew's graduation after the trains were cancelled
Network Rail last night admitted the 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us' as they told stranded passengers at London Euston, the worst-hit station, to give up, go home and hope the situation improves overnight
The damaged lines have now been repaired and trains are running in and out of the station, but there are still delays. Pictured, passengers waiting for their trains last night
Many of the passengers were hoping to travel to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit, but have been left stuck in London Euston
Journalists and academics were among the thwarted passengers who took to Twitter to complain. Some pointed out signage at Euston that trumpeted the rail network's green credentials - saying 'Thank you for travelling to COP by train.'
National Rail's live departure and arrivals board showed delays to more than 20 trains, including those travelling to Glasgow Central, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe and Northampton.
Avanti West Coast confirmed it was 'unable to run any services into and out of London Euston' and 'strongly advised' customers not to travel.
Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, who was on the 11am service from London to Edinburgh for COP26, said he had been stuck since 11:45am as a result of the weather disruption.
He wrote on Twitter: 'My train to Glasgow #COP26, via Edinburgh to avoid the crowds, now stationary due to gale force winds and severe rainfall causing a tree to fall on the line…'
The scientist later added: 'This train ride is certainly Halloween themed, it's a true horror show. Four hours late and no buffet since about 2pm.'
A spokesman for Network Rail, Chris Halpin, said last night: 'I'm afraid there are still major delays on the West Coast main line and the advice once again is to not travel this evening.
'That's because the diversionary route by Northampton that we had been able to run trains is now not viable.
'We had problems on the West Coast main line at Long Buckby this afternoon because overhead lined were damaged by trees that had come down in the very wet and windy weather that we had overnight.
'We had been running a diversionary route that got a limited number of services back up and running again but that now is closed and blocked because of problems with the overhead electric lines there.
'Our engineers are working as fast as they possibly can to try and get routes back up and running again so we can get people on the move but our advice to people this evening is not to travel.'
A statement from the rail company added: 'We're advising passengers seeking to get from London to Glasgow to travel [on Monday]. This is due to the impact of heavy rain has had on the railway today.
'All line north have been affected at times including the West Coast main line, which remains impassable due to damaged overhead electric wires.
'We are truly sorry for this. We exist to get people and good swiftly from A to B. But today's extreme weather got the better of us.'
Hundreds of passengers hoping to travel to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit by train have been left waiting inside London's Euston station (pictured above)
A passenger reacts whilst waiting in Euston Station after trains were cancelled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference
Pictures on social media have shown a packed London Euston station after a tree falling caused damage to overhead lines, suspending all trains
Hundreds of passengers await news on when trains will be up and running again. All passengers have been advised not to travel today
Delegates, campaigners and journalists travelling by train to the Glasgow climate conference fell victim to a weather chaos today after a fallen tree on a railway line. Pictured: London Euston is exit only due to overcrowding and suspended services
A Reuters reporter on a cancelled train service said several passengers at London Euston (pictured) had changed their travel plans and were booking flights to Glasgow where the United Nations COP26 climate conference kicks off on Sunday
Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, said he has been stuck since 11:45am while David Johnson, who is attending Cop26 as chief executive of the Margaret Pyke Trust, said he was left sitting on his train from London Euston to Glasgow for more than half an hour before being told to get off
Elsewhere another commuter described how their train was en route to Glasgow only to return to Euston after issues on the line.
Just before 2pm yesterday, an announcement in the station revealed all train services had been suspended and the concourse was 'exit only' due to overcrowding.
Pictures on social media showed the concourse packed with stricken travellers, many of whom were hoping to travel north for the climate conference which began on Sunday.
Others reported being stuck on slow moving or stationary trains - some for more than three hours - while others were forced to book domestic flights to reach the summit. Mayhem at London's Euston Station continued today after a single tree fell and damaged overhead wires causing travel chaos for delegates trying to reach the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan's Pendolino climate train left London Euston on time this morning but other delegates were forced to fly to Glasgow and passengers spent the night on the floor after heavy winds brought a tree down on top of overhead lines.
Delays continued this morning after the single tree fell between between Rugby and Milton Keynes on the West Coast Main Line. Network Rail said its teams spent the night on site near Long Buckby in Northamptonshire.
One journalist travelling to the COP26 climate summit was quoted almost £1,000 for a taxi between Edinburgh and Glasgow after battling train cancellations.
Another CEO delegate, who took to a plane to reach the climate change summit, said the irony of having to choose the cabon-heavy option after extreme weather affected the trains 'was not lost' on him.
Meanwhile, Mr Khan wrote on Twitter: 'Delighted to lead a delegation of mayors from across the globe from London to Glasgow on our special electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying.'
Delays continued this morning even after engineers worked overnight to repair the damaged wires after Network Rail admitted 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us'. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson arrived at Glasgow International Airport at 11.30pm last night after flying straight from the G20 summit in Rome, Italy.
The chaos didn't stop with Britain's rail network, as thousands of attendees battled against lengthy immovable queues through security to get into the summit this morning.
One bystander joked the conference would be a disaster because no one would be there until the second day.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan stands next to the electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying,' he claimed
Services were halted on Sunday and engineers battled overnight to repair the damage after storms led to chaos on the network. Some passengers were forced to sleep in the station amid the delays
Passengers were left looking in despair at departure boards revealing trains were facing major delays even at 5.31am
Passengers sat on the floor as time ticked by without trains running out of London's Euston station at 5.30am this morning
The latest statement on the Avanti West Coast website revealed yesterday's tickets would still be valid for travel Monday
One passenger posted an image to Facebook with the caption 'we have a problem'. The photograph showed crowds outside Euston Station this morning
London Mayor Sadiq Khan took the train from London's Euston to Glasgow on Monday morning
Mr Khan opted to wait for train travel to resume this morning rather than flying to the Glasgow summit. He wrote on Twitter: 'Delighted to lead a delegation of mayors from across the globe from London to Glasgow on our special electric Pendolino climate train. Per capita passenger emissions are estimated to be seven times lower than flying'
Mr Khan is pictured with the mayors of some of the world's biggest cities as they prepared to board a train to Glasgow
The damaged overheard lines have now been repaired and trains are running in and out of London's Euston station, but the delays have continued. The backlog means services that do leave the station are crowded, with reservations mostly unavailable.
A spokesman said: 'All repairs were successfully completed overnight and all the infrastructure is fixed and raring to go. Services have already resumed out of Euston this morning but there will be some residual disruption and passengers should check operators websites for more specific information on their chosen services.'
The railway company last night said it was 'truly sorry' for the disruption, caused by damage in the Rugby area, which came at the worst possible time for people trying to reach the COP26 summit venue ahead of its opening today.
Sky's Samantha Washington was quoted £870 for a taxi from Edinburgh to Glasgow as she tried to get to the climate summit, according to Politico.eu. Other passengers spent the night in hotels or lay on the station floor as they waited for services to resume.
One woman said she had to pay a £110 taxi fare to get home after she struggled to get trains out of London heading in the right direction.
David Johnson, CEO of the Margaret Pyke Trust, which tackles climate change through family planning, said he was on his train from London Euston to Glasgow for half an hour yesterday before he was told it was cancelled.
After booking a flight to Glasgow, he said: 'The irony of the climate impacting the trains, meaning a flight to the climate change conference is the only way to get there today, is not lost on me.'
Fahad Ajlan, a policy advisor in Saudi Arabia, told MailOnline he had to book a hotel last night when he couldn't get his 10.45am train from London Euston yesterday.
He said: 'I am heading to COP26. I had a train leaving yesterday at 10.45am but unfortunately after boarding we were asked to come off and then had to wait for a few hours. At 3pm I decided I had enough of waiting and got a hotel.'
It came as parts of the UK may saw tornadoes, the Met Office said, after strong winds and rain battered the country. Gusts of over 80mph were recorded with reports of wind damage which caused major delays to travel out of London.
Passengers shared their woes online as one said they managed to get a crowded train on another service. Another said they were forced to stay another night in London
When the trains were cancelled one woman paid £110 to get a taxi home from Bicester Village. Another social media user said their son was refused entry on a train because of overcrowding
Another Twitter user was more than 12 hours late for his nephew's graduation after the trains were cancelled
Network Rail last night admitted the 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us' as they told stranded passengers at London Euston, the worst-hit station, to give up, go home and hope the situation improves overnight
The damaged lines have now been repaired and trains are running in and out of the station, but there are still delays. Pictured, passengers waiting for their trains last night
Many of the passengers were hoping to travel to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit, but have been left stuck in London Euston
Journalists and academics were among the thwarted passengers who took to Twitter to complain. Some pointed out signage at Euston that trumpeted the rail network's green credentials - saying 'Thank you for travelling to COP by train.'
National Rail's live departure and arrivals board showed delays to more than 20 trains, including those travelling to Glasgow Central, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe and Northampton.
Avanti West Coast confirmed it was 'unable to run any services into and out of London Euston' and 'strongly advised' customers not to travel.
Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, who was on the 11am service from London to Edinburgh for COP26, said he had been stuck since 11:45am as a result of the weather disruption.
He wrote on Twitter: 'My train to Glasgow #COP26, via Edinburgh to avoid the crowds, now stationary due to gale force winds and severe rainfall causing a tree to fall on the line…'
The scientist later added: 'This train ride is certainly Halloween themed, it's a true horror show. Four hours late and no buffet since about 2pm.'
A spokesman for Network Rail, Chris Halpin, said last night: 'I'm afraid there are still major delays on the West Coast main line and the advice once again is to not travel this evening.
'That's because the diversionary route by Northampton that we had been able to run trains is now not viable.
'We had problems on the West Coast main line at Long Buckby this afternoon because overhead lined were damaged by trees that had come down in the very wet and windy weather that we had overnight.
'We had been running a diversionary route that got a limited number of services back up and running again but that now is closed and blocked because of problems with the overhead electric lines there.
'Our engineers are working as fast as they possibly can to try and get routes back up and running again so we can get people on the move but our advice to people this evening is not to travel.'
A statement from the rail company added: 'We're advising passengers seeking to get from London to Glasgow to travel [on Monday]. This is due to the impact of heavy rain has had on the railway today.
'All line north have been affected at times including the West Coast main line, which remains impassable due to damaged overhead electric wires.
'We are truly sorry for this. We exist to get people and good swiftly from A to B. But today's extreme weather got the better of us.'
Hundreds of passengers hoping to travel to Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit by train have been left waiting inside London's Euston station (pictured above)
A passenger reacts whilst waiting in Euston Station after trains were cancelled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference
Pictures on social media have shown a packed London Euston station after a tree falling caused damage to overhead lines, suspending all trains
Hundreds of passengers await news on when trains will be up and running again. All passengers have been advised not to travel today
Delegates, campaigners and journalists travelling by train to the Glasgow climate conference fell victim to a weather chaos today after a fallen tree on a railway line. Pictured: London Euston is exit only due to overcrowding and suspended services
A Reuters reporter on a cancelled train service said several passengers at London Euston (pictured) had changed their travel plans and were booking flights to Glasgow where the United Nations COP26 climate conference kicks off on Sunday
Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, said he has been stuck since 11:45am while David Johnson, who is attending Cop26 as chief executive of the Margaret Pyke Trust, said he was left sitting on his train from London Euston to Glasgow for more than half an hour before being told to get off
Elsewhere another commuter described how their train was en route to Glasgow only to return to Euston after issues on the line.
Just before 2pm yesterday, an announcement in the station revealed all train services had been suspended and the concourse was 'exit only' due to overcrowding.
Pictures on social media showed the concourse packed with stricken travellers, many of whom were hoping to travel north for the climate conference which began on Sunday.
Others reported being stuck on slow moving or stationary trains - some for more than three hours - while others were forced to book domestic flights to reach the summit. Wind damage was reported in multiple areas of the UK on Sunday with the Met Office unable to rule out whether any tornadoes have taken place.
Yellow warnings for wind and rain are in place over large parts of the west and elsewhere, and more are likely.
Meteorologist Tom Morgan said: 'We've got a deep Atlantic area of low pressure that's bringing a very heavy band of rain and squalling winds across the whole of the country, but particularly in the south of England,' he said.
'We've seen some very strong gusts of wind on the south coast... and a few reports of damage from the winds.
'It's not out of the question that there will have been some localised, brief funnel clouds or tornadoes.
'In the last couple of days we have seen some reports and seen some photos of funnel clouds and water spouts, which are similar to tornadoes.'
He added that wind speeds of 87mph were recorded at an exposed location on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, and there were gusts of 60mph across Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and Sussex.
Passengers sit and wait for news after their trains are cancelled and they are left stranded at London's Euston Station
Hundreds of passengers are left stranded at London's Euston Station tonight as torrential rain and gale force winds batter the country
Stranded passengers looked at the arrivals and departures boards after they were told their trains had been delayed or cancelled
Tonight National Rail's live departure and arrivals board showed delays to more than 20 trains, including those travelling to Glasgow Central, Liverpool Lyme Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Crewe and Northampton
Hundreds of passengers continue to wait in Euston Station after trains were cancelled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference
A police officer gives information to passengers waiting in Euston Station after trains were cancelled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference
Hundreds of passengers are left waiting outside London's Euston station after extreme weather caused train cancellations
Pictured: Vehicles travel through standing water during heavy rain in Bromsgrove, in the West Midlands, this morning
Waves crashing by the Porthcawl lighthouse in south Wales on Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain batters the UK
A car submerged under water at Furnace Grange Road, Wolverhampton, after heavy rains hit the area on Sunday
Vehicles travel through standing water during heavy rain in Bromsgrove, West Midlands, amid weather warnings for rainfallOne resident in Amesbury, Wiltshire, thought they had witnessed a 'hurricane' hit the area after spotting bins flying and trees breaking due to the powerful winds.
Infectious disease ecologist Dr Emma Gillingham tweeted: 'Did a hurricane just hit Amesbury, Wiltshire? Incredible wind suddenly from nowhere, trees breaking, wheelie bins flying and all calm again now.'
However, the Met Office said it believed the 'hurricane' was in fact a 'squall', the name for a 'sudden, sharp increase in wind speed lasting minutes'.
Northamptonshire Police said they had received a high number of calls relating to the weather conditions and that trees had fallen on scores of roads in the county.
Reverend Richard Coles, vicar of Finedon, took to social media after a blustery close call.
He tweeted: 'We were just praying for the COP26 conference in church when we were hit by what I can only describe as a tornado, which took out a number of trees including this pre Conquest yew.'
South Western Railway has also apologised to customers after trees blocked part of the network, saying there may be cancellations, delays and alterations to services.
It comes as three people are feared to have drowned and another is fighting for their life after they were swept off their paddleboards when a sudden storm turned a flooded river into a torrent on Saturday night.
The three, part of an organised outing, had been in the water only minutes when they were hit by a deluge of rushing water as they paddled near a weir on the swollen river in Pembrokeshire.
They were swept from their boards and seen 'in distress' in the River Cleddau, near the town centre of Haverfordwest.
Steven Keats, meteorologist, said conditions would begin 'going downhill' on Sunday.
Strong gusts coming from the west will brought a 'wild start' to the day, with potential for further disruption and wet weather going into the first week of November, according to the Met Office.
The yellow weather warning is also in place for Glasgow, where the global Cop26 climate conference begins today.
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