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24/04/2024

The emergency services are dealing with an incident at Birmingham New Street. So they can safely do their work, all lines are closed. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 50 minutes or revised.

Major disruption is expected until 12:00.

Customer Advice for Avanti West Coast:

To help complete your journey, you may use your ticket on Chiltern Railways via any reasonable route.

Customer Advice for CrossCountry:

To help complete your journey, you may use your ticket on

  • West Midlands Metro between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton in both directions
  • West Midlands Railway via any reasonable route

Customer Advice for London Northwestern Railway:

To help complete your journey, you may use your ticket on

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

​​​​​​​Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.

Affected operators
Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, London Northwestern Railway, Transport for Wales, West Midlands Railway
Nationalrail link
Last updated: 24/04/24 - 08:14