Christmas Eve trains through the West Midlands delayed by defective section of track
Festive travellers hoping to ride the rails this Christmas Eve have been warned to expect delays as a defective section of train track at a major station disrupts services.
Defective track at Birmingham New Street station has prompted a speed restriction and a warning from West Midlands Railway to expect possible delays to services using the major West Midlands station.
A notice from the company on Saturday morning said: "Due to a speed restriction over defective track at Birmingham New Street, train services running through this station may be delayed.
"Disruption is expected to last until around 2pm today. (December 24).
"We expect some of our trains to be affected by this incident. To see how this might affect you, please use the Live Departures & Arrivals or plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time journey planner."
Visit westmidlandsrailway.co.uk for more information.
Because of problems with signalling equipment at Birmingham New Street, many services are being cancelled or delayed at short notice.
Buses are replacing trains on several routes.
Our train service today will finish earlier than we had planned - so please check the Journey Planner or Live Departure Boards before travelling.
National Express West Midlands are accepting our train tickets on their service.
