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'Derailment' at Wolverhampton causes disruption | 'Derailment' at Wolverhampton causes disruption |
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The "low-speed" derailment happened on the line north of Wolverhampton railway station | The "low-speed" derailment happened on the line north of Wolverhampton railway station |
A derailed engineering train is set to cause disruption to rail services until the end of the day. | A derailed engineering train is set to cause disruption to rail services until the end of the day. |
The train has blocked the line immediately north of Wolverhampton station in the West Midlands. | The train has blocked the line immediately north of Wolverhampton station in the West Midlands. |
The issue is "causing major disruption to trains" due to call at the station and services may be cancelled or diverted, National Rail said. | The issue is "causing major disruption to trains" due to call at the station and services may be cancelled or diverted, National Rail said. |
Avanti West Coast cannot get trains out of its depot near Wolverhampton and will have fewer trains in service. | |
⚠️Due to an incident between Wolverhampton and Stafford, all lines are blocked. Services running through these stations may be cancelled or diverted, please check your journey here https://t.co/gHe5m9i9uF | ⚠️Due to an incident between Wolverhampton and Stafford, all lines are blocked. Services running through these stations may be cancelled or diverted, please check your journey here https://t.co/gHe5m9i9uF |
Where Avanti West Coast can run services, they will not call at the Sandwell and Dudley station or Wolverhampton, it said. | |
Tickets will instead be accepted on Chiltern Railways, between London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street in both directions, and West Midlands Railway, between London Euston and Wolverhampton in both directions. | |
CrossCountry train services between Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street, via Stoke-On-Trent and Stafford, will be diverted via Bescot Stadium. | |
❗ 🚆 Due to a low speed derailment there are no electric trains running through #Wolverhampton Road replacement transport is operating between Birmingham New Street – Shrewsbury & Birmingham New Street – Stafford / Crewe / Liverpool Lime Street. pic.twitter.com/f1hqueJaNp | ❗ 🚆 Due to a low speed derailment there are no electric trains running through #Wolverhampton Road replacement transport is operating between Birmingham New Street – Shrewsbury & Birmingham New Street – Stafford / Crewe / Liverpool Lime Street. pic.twitter.com/f1hqueJaNp |
London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway train services to and from Liverpool and Crewe will divert and will not call at Wolverhampton and local stations between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. | London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway train services to and from Liverpool and Crewe will divert and will not call at Wolverhampton and local stations between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. |
Passengers are also being accepted on local bus services. | Passengers are also being accepted on local bus services. |
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