Rail services 'recover' between Stafford and Wolverhampton after hours of disruption
Rail passengers travelling between Stafford and Wolverhampton faced disruption to their journeys due to a points failure.
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West Midlands Railway reported the issue at around 3.25pm on Tuesday.
The regional rail operator said services between Stafford and Wolverhampton could be delayed or cancelled.
It later issued an update to passengers at around 5.35pm advising that the points failure had cleared.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, it said services would begin to recover through residual delays were expected.
National Rail advised the routes affected by the points failure included the Avanti West Coast services between Edinburgh, Glasgow Central, Blackpool North and London Euston.
Cross Country services between Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Bournemouth, Paignton were also impacted.
London Northwestern Railway services between Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham New Street also faced disruption.
