Tuesday 5 Apr 2016
Overhead power line damage causing delays between Birmingham and Coventry
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- | North West & Central
Passengers are being advised to check before they travel as overhead power line damage is causing delays to services between Birmingham and Coventry.
Services have been disrupted since around 6.30am today (5 April) after the overhead lines – which power electric trains – were damaged near Birmingham International station. The incident is affecting services between Birmingham New Street and London Euston via Coventry, Northampton and Milton Keynes.
The cause of the incident isn’t known but Network Rail engineers are on site repairing the damage. There is currently no estimate for when the railway will fully reopen.
A spokesman for Network Rail said: “Our priority at this stage is to quickly and safely repair the damage so the railway can be reopened as soon as possible. Services are running but some have had to be cancelled and some are being diverted. We appreciate this is causing disruption to passengers but can assure them we are doing all we can to fix the issue. We are working closely with the affected train operators and our advice to passengers is to check before they travel and allow extra time to complete their journeys.”
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