Disruption between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton expected until 10:30 

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Wolverhampton / Lancaster / Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Piccadilly / Glasgow Central / Edinburgh, and also between Birmingham New Street and Crewe / Glasgow Central / Edinburgh

CrossCountry between Paignton / Bournemouth / Southampton Central / Bristol Temple Meads / Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly

London Northwestern Railway between Birmingham New Street and Crewe / Liverpool Lime Street

Transport for Wales between Birmingham International and Aberystwyth / Holyhead / Chester / Crewe, and also between Birmingham New Street and Aberystywth

West Midlands Railway between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton / Shrewsbury, and also between Walsall / Rugeley Trent Valley and Wolverhampton

Description

A fault with the signalling system between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton means that trains have to run at reduced speed on the line towards Wolverhampton. As a result, trains running between these stations may be delayed by up to 15 minutes, diverted via Bescot Stadium or revised.

Disruption is expected until 10:30.

Avanti West Coast customer advice:

You can use your ticket at no extra cost on West Midlands Railway services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street, in both directions. Please note, West Midlands Railway are also affected by this disruption.

CrossCountry customer advice:

Your ticket can be used at no extra cost on the following services:

• The two CrossCountry services operating before and after your cancelled service

• Avanti West Coast / London Northwestern Railway services between Birmingham New Street and Stafford

If you decide to travel from a different station due to this disruption and need to return to that station later, you will also be able to use your existing ticket to do this at no extra cost

Seat reservations will not be carried over to another train, but Coach B, H and L are unreserved coaches on CrossCountry services (where available) so please head to them. You can view the formation of trains.

West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway customer advice:

You can use your ticket at no extra cost on West Midlands Metro services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street, until further notice.

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.