Saturday 31 Jan 2015
Media statement - Harbury tunnel landslip
- Region & Route:
At around 3pm today, there was a landslip in the Harbury area between Leamington Spa and Banbury affecting both train lines and the tunnel.
Engineers are currently on site assessing the situation and attempting to fix the problem - services in the area are expected to be affected tomorrow (Sunday 1 February) and there is a reasonable possibility they will be affected on Monday (2/2).
Customers using Chiltern Railway and Crosscountry services are asked to check the National Rail website before they travel for any service modifications www.nationalrail.co.uk
Services between Manchester and Bournemouth and Newcastle, Reading and Southampton are currently being disrupted. There is a bus replacement service operating between Leamington Spa and Banbury and a revised service is in effect between Banbury and Marylebone, Birmingham and Leamington Spa, and Stratford upon Avon and Leamington Spa.
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