Lines reopened: disruption in the Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent area  

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast services between London Euston and Chester / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Holyhead / Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Piccadilly

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

East Midlands Railway services between Newark Castle / Nottingham and Crewe

London Northwestern Railway services between Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street, between London Euston / Stafford and Crewe

Northern services between Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester Piccadilly

Description

Trains are now able to run as scheduled, following a major fault with the signalling system in the Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent area.