'Majority' of West Midlands-based trains unaffected by large-scale disruptions
Majority of the region’s trains are unaffected by the electrical failure.
Birmingham New Street has told passengers that the major travel disruptions is currently only affecting services travelling to and from Manchester and the North West.
The train station has said that the ‘majority’ of West-Midlands based train services should be unaffected and are running as usual.
Travel to Manchester and the North West is currently affected because of an electrical failure.
These disruptions are expected to last until the rest of the day.
In a social media post, Birmingham New Street said: “The power failure in the Manchester and NW area is only affecting West Midlands-based services which are heading to/returning from there.
“The majority of trains across the region are unaffected and running as normal.”
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