Rush hour commuters delayed for up to half an hour were astonished to be told their trains had been held up because the sun was too bright.
The passengers, familiar with previous infamous seasonal excuses for delays including 'leaves on the line', and 'the wrong kind of snow', thought they had heard it all until rail operator c2c revealed the bizarre new explanation for late-running services.
The railway company claimed that a train driver had to be given a hand by station staff at Laindon in Essex after complaining the sun's glare made it impossible to check in a mirror on the platform if anyone was getting in or out of the carriages.
The rail company blamed the Wednesday morning delays on a 'freak occurence' caused by the bright sun and the position of the mirrors on platform two at Laindon station in Essex.
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