Limited rail service resumes at Birmingham New Street
It's as the heat damaged overhead power lines cancelling all services.
Last updated 20th Jul 2022
Train services have now resumed on a limited timetable at Birmingham New Street Station this morning.
It's after overhead power lines were damaged yesterday from the extreme heat, meaning all services were cancelled.
The damage yesterday happened between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street, which resulted in all lines being blocked and impacted.
Passengers were encouraged to not travel by train yesterday, as temperatures reached 39.1°C in the country.
Network Rail had been working throughout the night to repair the lines to get services back and running as soon as possible.
However, there are no direct services between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton while work continues to repair damaged electric lines in Winson Green.
Trains will not serve the stations in between but will instead take a diversion south via Perry Barr.
Steven Ireland, Network Rail’s Central route performance and customer director, said: “We’re sorry to passengers impacted by the damaged caused to our overhead electric lines during the record-breaking heat.
"Specialist teams worked all night to get most routes back up and running today. I’d like to thank people for their patience and urge anyone planning a rail journey today to check before they travel before they set out by using the National Rail Enquiries website or app.”
People are advised that journeys will take longer, and trains could be busier while services return to normal after the unprecedented temperatures put a huge strain on the railway.