Greater Anglia has resumed a busy train service after heavy flooding caused by this morning’s rain blocked the track.

The rail franchise was forced to halt services after flooding hit the tracks around 9am.

A Network Rail response team were sent out the site to assess the situation, but has since deemed it to be safe for trains to run now flooding has subsided.

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The section of track was recently hit by flooding last week, amid chaos on rural lines in the county for commuters due to signalling problems.

A spokesman for Greater Anglia said: "Greater Anglia and Network Rail are sorry if your journey has been affected by this disruption."