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Train companies affected:National Rail

Lines reopened: disruption at Birmingham New Street expected until 16:00 

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Service alteration details

Incident reported: Sunday 13 July 2025 at 08:25

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Last updated

Sunday 13 July 2025 at 14:27

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Preston / Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston

CrossCountry between Edinburgh / Manchester Piccadilly / Nottingham and Birmingham New Street, between Birmingham New Street and Cardiff Central / Bournemouth / Penzance, between Manchester Piccadilly and Reading / Southampton Central / Bournemouth, between Leeds and Plymouth, and also between Nottingham and Cardiff Central

London Northwestern Railway between Liverpool Lime Street / Crewe and Birmingham New Street, and also between Birmingham New Street and Coventry / Rugby / London Euston

Transport for Wales between Aberystwyth / Chester / Shrewsbury and Birmingham International

West Midlands Railway between Rugeley Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street / Birmingham International, between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch, between Wolverhampton and Walsall, between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street, and also between Birmingham New Street and Bromsgrove / Hereford / Worcester Foregate Street

Description

All lines have now reopened following earlier overrunning engineering works in the Birmingham New Street area. Trains may continue to be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised.

This issue is expected to continue to impact services until 16:00.

CrossCountry customer advice:

You may use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:

  • Avanti West Coast between Birmingham New Street and London Euston until 15:00

  • Chiltern Railways between Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone until 15:00

  • Great Western Railway on the following routes:

    • Between Worcestershire Parkway / Cheltenham Spa and Worcester Shrub Hill

    • Between Reading and Bristol Parkway / Bristol Temple Meads / Paignton / Plymouth / Penzance

    • Between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads

  • LNER between Aberdeen / Edinburgh and London Kings Cross until 15:00

  • London Underground via any reasonable route until 15:00

  • London Northwestern Railway between Crewe and Stafford / Birmingham New Street

  • Northern on the following routes:

    • Between York and Leeds / Sheffield

    • Between Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe

  • South Western Railway on the following routes:

    • Between London Waterloo and Basingstoke

    • Between Brockenhurst and Bournemouth

  • TransPennine Express between Edinburgh / Newcastle and York

  • Transport for Wales between Cheltenham Spa and Cardiff Central

London Northwestern Railway / West Midlands Railway customer advice:

Some trains may be diverted via Bescot Stadium, where possible. Where this is the case, journey times will extended by around 15 minutes, and trains will not call at Coseley, Tipton, Dudley Port, Sandwell & Dudley, Smethwick Galton Bridge or Smethwick Rolfe Street.

Rail replacement transport is in operation between Longbridge and Bromsgrove / Redditch.

You may use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:

  • Alternative West Midlands Railway services between Smethwick Galton Bridge and Birmingham Snow Hill / Birmingham Moor Street (Smethwick Galton Bridge is around 10-15 minutes away from Smethwick Rolfe Street)

  • Avanti West Coast services on the following routes:

    • Between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street

  • CrossCountry between Birmingham New Street and Tamworth

  • National Express West Midlands bus routes as follows:

    • 4 / 4H / 4M: Walsall - Tame Bridge Parkway - West Bromwich (for West Midlands Metro) - Oldbury - Blackheath - Sandwell & Dudley - Rowley Regis - Cradley Heath

    • 12 / 12A: Birmingham - Langley Green - Dudley

    • 42: Tipton - Dudley Port

    • 60: Wolverhampton - Bloxwich

    • 69: Walsall - Wolverhampton

    • 74: Birmingham - West Bromwich - Dudley Port - Dudley

    • 80: Birmingham - Five Ways - Smethwick Galton Bridge - West Bromwich

    • 81: Wolverhampton - Coseley - Dudley

    • 82: Dudley - Wolverhampton

    • 87: Birmingham - Smethwick Rolfe Street - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Oldbury (nearby to Sandwell & Dudley) - Dudley

    • 89: Birmingham - Smethwick - West Bromwich

    • 126: Dudley - Bearwood - Birmingham

    • 529: Wolverhampton - Walsall

    • X7: Wolverhampton - Dudley - Smethwick Rolfe Street - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham

    • X8 (NXWM): Wolverhampton - Dudley - Bearwood - Birmingham (nearby Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snow Hill stations)

  • West Midlands Metro between Birmingham (Grand Central, adjacent to Birmingham New Street station) - West Bromwich Central and Wolverhampton (St. Georges - 10 minutes from railway station). You should change at West Bromwich Central for bus route 4, 4H, 4M to / from Sandwell & Dudley station

Check before you travel:

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

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and set-down location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

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.