Disruption between Shrewsbury / Stafford and Wolverhampton expected until 07:30 

Route(s) affected

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

Transport for Wales between Holyhead / Chester / Crewe / Aberystwyth and Birmingham International

West Midlands Railway between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street

Description

Urgent repairs to the track between Telford Central and Wolverhampton means that the line towards Wolverhampton is blocked.

Additionally, a speed restriction between Shrewsbury and Wellington is affecting Transport for Wales services. This is expected to impact their services for the rest of the day.

As an overall result, trains between Shrewsbury / Stafford and Wolverhampton may be cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes.

Disruption is expected until 07:30.

Avanti West Coast customer advice:

You can use your ticket on the following, at no extra cost:

• Chiltern Railways between Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone

• Cross Country between Stafford and Birmingham New Street in both directions

• London Northwestern Railway between Stafford and Wolverhampton in both directions

• West Midlands Railway between Wolverhampton and London Euston

Additionally, if your train is cancelled, your ticket is valid on one of the two Avanti West Coast services immediately before your booked train, or one of the two immediately after.

Transport for Wales customer advice:

Transport for Wales have organised a bus to run between Birmingham New Street and Aberystwyth to assist customers to complete journeys where possible, at no extra cost.

This will depart at approximately 06:22, and is provided by JKT International.

Road Transport will take longer than rail services. Please allow extra time to complete your journey.

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.