Rail passengers face further disruptions

Thursday, 8th January 2009

Passenger services on London Midland and Virgin Trains into and out of Euston station were cancelled after overhead cables were damaged in north-west London when a train passed through.

The downed lines also affected travel to Birmingham and other destinations in north-west England, and commuter services into and out of London.

Engineers continue to work on the problem and according to Network Rail at least limited service should be restored soon.

Virgin expects to operate a reduced schedule when the lines reopen, running two trains hourly from Euston station to Birmingham and Manchester and one train per hour to Chester, Liverpool and Glasgow. London Midland also indicated that it would operate initially on a reduced schedule.

A spokesman for Network Rail insisted that the recent series of problems on the West Coast Main Line were unrelated and were "unfortunate coincidences.” He added that all incidents were under investigation.

The section of line currently affected stretches from North Wembley to Kings Langley, in Hertfordshire, and is the result of a Tuesday evening incident at Kenton.

Passengers on the line are being urged to delay their journeys at least until later in the day, when possible.

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