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| West Coast Main Line train delays after signal failure | West Coast Main Line train delays after signal failure |
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| Rail passengers have described having to stand in toilet cubicles to fit on trains after a signal failure caused delays and cancellations to and from London Euston. | Rail passengers have described having to stand in toilet cubicles to fit on trains after a signal failure caused delays and cancellations to and from London Euston. |
| No trains could travel between Euston and Watford Junction for two hours after a cable broke in Wembley, north-west London, at about 12:30 BST. | No trains could travel between Euston and Watford Junction for two hours after a cable broke in Wembley, north-west London, at about 12:30 BST. |
| This caused disruption to other cities on the West Coast Main Line including Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. | This caused disruption to other cities on the West Coast Main Line including Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. |
| Network Rail apologised to customers. | Network Rail apologised to customers. |
| Thousands of rail passengers were delayed, including Jamie Duthie who tweeted: "So the @VirginTrains 16:30 Birmingham NS -> Euston has 5 coaches instead of 10, fair enough, it was because of delays, but they allowed every person on the platform onto the train. | |
| "People (like myself) are actually forced into the toilets for space right now." | |
| Another Twitter user added: "Only place I could squeeze into was the toilets despite having reserved seats." | Another Twitter user added: "Only place I could squeeze into was the toilets despite having reserved seats." |
| Ruth Carlyle shared a photo of Euston stations blank departure boards, and said she was "relieved" to get a seat on her train home. | Ruth Carlyle shared a photo of Euston stations blank departure boards, and said she was "relieved" to get a seat on her train home. |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was also caught up in the scramble, shortly after he made a speech at Labour's annual conference in Liverpool about the "shambles" of the country's franchised rail network. | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was also caught up in the scramble, shortly after he made a speech at Labour's annual conference in Liverpool about the "shambles" of the country's franchised rail network. |
| Mr Corbyn tweeted: "Couldn't make this up. We need public ownership of our railways." | Mr Corbyn tweeted: "Couldn't make this up. We need public ownership of our railways." |
| The disruption meant hundreds of delegates struggled to get home from the event, which ended today. | The disruption meant hundreds of delegates struggled to get home from the event, which ended today. |
| Railway signalling is managed by government-owned Network Rail. | Railway signalling is managed by government-owned Network Rail. |
| The failure is not thought to be related to engineering work which was recently carried out in north Wembley, where the fault happened. | The failure is not thought to be related to engineering work which was recently carried out in north Wembley, where the fault happened. |
| A Network Rail spokesman said that although power was returned to the line at 14:30, it would "take some hours" before timetables returned to normal. | A Network Rail spokesman said that although power was returned to the line at 14:30, it would "take some hours" before timetables returned to normal. |
| "We are really sorry to everyone impacted by this," he added. | "We are really sorry to everyone impacted by this," he added. |
| Services as late as the 19:55 from Manchester Piccadilly were cancelled in advance. | Services as late as the 19:55 from Manchester Piccadilly were cancelled in advance. |