Trains cancelled and delayed due to signalling fault near Wolverhampton
Trains between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street have been cancelled or delayed this morning due to a signalling fault.
The fault - between Sandwell & Dudley and Wolverhampton - has led to services having to run at reduced speed on all lines.
National Rail Enquiries has warned passengers: "As a result, services between these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 15 minutes.
"Disruption is expected until 12pm."
The fault has affected a number of routes, including:
Avanti West Coast between Edinburgh / Lancaster / Blackpool North / Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston
CrossCountry between Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street / Reading / Bristol Temple Meads / Southampton Central / Bournemouth
Transport for Wales between Holyhead / Crewe / Aberystwyth and Birmingham International
London Northwestern Railway between Liverpool Lime Street / Crewe / Shrewsbury / Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street and also between Wolverhampton and Walsall
West Midlands Railway passengers have been told that anyone travelling to or from Smethwick Rolfe Street, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Sandwell & Dudley, Dudley Port, Tipton or Coseley, you can use their ticket on West Midlands Metro at no extra cost.
The train operator has also said a number of National Express West Midlands bus routes are accepting tickets, including:
Route 4 / 4H / 4M: Walsall - Tame Bridge Parkway - West Bromwich (for West Midlands Metro) - Oldbury - Blackheath - Sandwell & Dudley - Rowley Regis - Cradley Heath.
Route 12 / 12A: Birmingham - Langley Green - Dudley
Route 42: Tipton - Dudley Port (nearby)
Route 69: Walsall - Wolverhampton
Route 74: Birmingham - West Bromwich - Dudley Port - Dudley
Route 80: Birmingham - Five Ways - Smethwick Galton Bridge - West Bromwich
Route 81: Wolverhampton - Coseley - Dudley
Route 82 (Wolverhampton): Dudley - Wolverhampton
Route 87: Birmingham - Smethwick Rolfe Street (nearby) - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Oldbury (nearby to Sandwell & Dudley) - Dudley
Route 89 (Birmingham): Birmingham - Smethwick - West Bromwich
Route 60 (Wolverhampton): Wolverhampton - Bloxwich
Route 126: Dudley - Bearwood - Birmingham
Route 529: Wolverhampton - Walsall
Route X7: Wolverhampton - Dudley - Smethwick Rolfe Street (nearby) - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham
Route X8: Wolverhampton - Dudley - Bearwood - Birmingham (nearby New Street and Snow Hill Station)
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