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| Ten evacuated as Kenilworth train catches fire | Ten evacuated as Kenilworth train catches fire |
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| Ten people have been evacuated from a train which caught fire. | |
| Smoke could be seen billowing out of the three-carriage train at the old railway station in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. | Smoke could be seen billowing out of the three-carriage train at the old railway station in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. |
| The engine at the front of the train set alight, the fire service said. Operator Vivarail said it was a test train and all staff were safe. | The engine at the front of the train set alight, the fire service said. Operator Vivarail said it was a test train and all staff were safe. |
| National Rail's website said trains will not run between Coventry and Leamington Spa for the rest of the day. | |
| Services between Manchester Piccadilly and Bournemouth will divert via Solihull and not call at Birmingham International and Coventry. | |
| More from Coventry and Warwickshire | More from Coventry and Warwickshire |
| Freelance rail journalist Fraser Pithie, who had gone down to watch the test, said the train was a recently converted London Underground test train which had been running up and down the lines when it came to a halt at Kenilworth. | |
| "The reason it came to a halt is that that there was a fire in the underside of the train where the equipment is," he said. | |
| There was a considerable amount of smoke, he said, and it was too early to tell what had caused the fire or the extent of the damage. | |
| Vivarail had been testing the train with a view to providing extra seating on the route between Coventry and Nuneaton, he said. | |
| Earlier tests had "looked promising", he added. |