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Overhead line damage hits Midlands train services

Train travellers were today left facing long delays after overhead line damage meant some services were unable to run.

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Passengers trying to get between Smethwick and Wolverhampton were delayed on Saturday afternoon due to line damage.

Those attempting to travel were advised that alternative transport might be made available.

A bus was also arranged for stranded passengers trying to travel between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley after overhead electrical wires were damaged between Aston and Walsall.

A National West Midlands Bus was instead sent to take people to their various destinations.