The ongoing disruption to Britain’s rail services, which were caused by problems found in Hitachi’s high-speed trains, is expected to continue for weeks. Rail companies said over the weekend that they had to suspend some services after cracks were found in some Class 800 series Hitachi trains, which are used by Great Western Railway (GWR), Hull Trains, London North Eastern Railway (LNER), and TransPennine Express (TPE). LNER said on Twitter on Monday that the issue is “likely to be going on for a number of weeks.” “LNER is working with Hitachi and other rail industry partners to return as many trains back into service as safely and as quickly as possible,” said a spokesman. “As investigations are continuing and the schedule for repairs is being developed, further information on timings will be released in due course.” In a Twitter post on Monday, GWR said that “a significant number of services …