Disruption to trains through Wolverhampton and Birmingham cleared
Rail passengers were warned of disruption to services at Birmingham New Street station.
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National Rail said the problems on Thursday (March 20) morning were caused by an earlier points failure in the area around the train station.
It warned that trains could be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 minutes, revised or diverted.
At around 10am, National Rail issued an update to its website to say trains were running normally.
What services were affected?
According to National Rail, West Midlands Railway services were impacted between Rugeley Trent Valley and Birmingham International, Lichfield Trent Valley and Bromsgrove, Four Oaks and Redditch, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street
Avanti West Coast services were affected between Edinburgh / Crewe and Birmingham New Street, and between Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Lancaster / Blackpool North / Manchester Piccadilly / Wolverhampton / Birmingham New Street and London Euston
CrossCountry services were impacted between Birmingham New Street and Cardiff Central / Bristol Temple Meads, between Edinburgh / York / Leeds and Plymouth, between Newcastle and Reading / Plymouth, and also between Manchester Piccadilly and Bristol Temple Meads / Southampton Central / Bournemouth
Transport for Wales services between Holyhead / Chester / Newtown / Shrewsbury and Birmingham International were affected
London Northwestern Railway services between Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham New Street were impacted
People travelling with West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway were able to use their train tickets on National Express West Midlands buses between Longbridge and Redditch.
Rail replacement transport was also requested to run between Lichfield Trent Valley and Sutton Coldfield and between Longbridge and Redditch.
Avanti West Coast tickets were being accepted on one of the two services immediately before the booked train, or one of the two immediately after.
