Wednesday 7 Oct 2020
DO NOT TRAVEL – Major signalling fault on West Coast main line affecting services in and out of London Euston
- Region & Route:
- North West & Central
- | North West & Central: West Coast Mainline South
In the early hours of the morning, a stretch of signalling, miles long, lost power between Milton Keynes and Watford junction.
Train services on the West Coast main line will be severely disrupted all day.
Network Rail engineers are on site and working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
Passengers are being urged to check their journeys at nationalrail.co.uk and follow alternative travel advice from London Northwestern Railway and Avanti West Coast.
Phil Barnes, operations director at Network Rail, said: “I’m sorry passengers journeys won’t go as planned today. We have lost power on six miles of railway in the Leighton Buzzard area, which means that most services in and out of Euston will be cancelled.
"We’re working quick time to get this fixed and services back up and running as quickly as possible, so passengers can travel as normal. Please check National Rail Enquiries before travelling today."
Notes to Editors
Avanti West Coast services will be affected between Glasgow Central, Birmingham International, Holyhead, Lancaster, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, Edinburgh and Preston and London Euston
London Northwestern Railway services will be affected between Northampton, Tring, Birmingham New Street, Milton Keynes Central, Wolverhampton, Crewe, Coventry and London Euston
Southern services will be affected between Milton Keynes Central and Balham and Clapham Junction
Contact information
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Network Rail national helpline
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07740 782954
NWCmediarelations@networkrail.co.uk
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