State of play...

So far today for Braintree departures :

0727 - Cancelled
0812 - F*cked up. See below ...
0900 - Cancelled

Trains leaving at 1000 and later seem to be getting back to what passes for normal.

Second day back...

After 3 weeks  working from home during the Olympics and Paralympics and all's  completely f*cked already. 

One under at Brentwood means GA are terminating trains  early, canceling and generally doing as much as possible to screw the  paying public.

We were kicked off the 0812, which was running over 50 minutes late, at Shenfield to try and get a packed Southend service.

Didn't bother, we eventually boarded a packed Colchester service.

Currently more than an hour late and still  nowhere near Stratford.

You couldn't make it up.