Birmingham New Street Wolverhampton: Major disruption with trains cancelled and delayed after 'emergency incident' - full list services affected
There is major disruption to trains between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton this morning.
Trains have been cancelled and delayed after an “emergency incident”. Lines have now re-opened but disruption is expected to last until 11am.
National Rail said: “All lines have reopened between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton following the emergency services dealing with an incident earlier today. Trains between these stations may continue to be delayed by up to 20 minutes, cancelled or revised whilst normal service recovers.
“We expect disruption will continue until 11:00.” Listed below are all of the routes affected.
- Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Wolverhampton / Manchester Piccadilly / Lancaster / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central, and also between Birmingham New Street and Crewe / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central
- CrossCountry between Southampton Central / Bristol Temple Meads / Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly
- London Northwestern Railway between Birmingham New Street and Crewe / Liverpool Lime Street
- Transport for Wales between Birmingham New Street and Crewe / Chester / Machynlleth / Aberystwyth / Holyhead
- West Midlands Railway between Rugeley Trent Valley / Walsall and Wolverhampton, and also between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury
If you are travelling this morning and are affected you can find customer advice on refunds on the National Rail website. It is not currently known the nature of the ‘emergency incident’ that took place earlier this morning. More to follow.