A major power failure has caused hours of delays to some trains through Birmingham New Street.
Network Rail asked people to avoid the station after signals stopped working properly at Proof House Junction.Trains are struggling to get in and out of the south end of the station, with problems affecting Arriva Trains Wales, CrossCountry Trains, London Midland and Virgin Trains.
Power is now restored but delays are expected to continue until 12:00 BST.
The latest problems come after passengers took to Twitter to express their frustration over severe delays due to another signalling problem last Friday.
Thousands of rail commuters also faced delays and cancellations across England on Tuesday 5 April when overhead electric wires stopped working at Birmingham International station.
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Chris Denham, from Network Rail, said: "We've had a problem with
the power supply that lights all the signals up just south of Birmingham
New Street which has been ongoing for several hours now."Shortly after 09:00 Network Rail announced the power supply had been restored.
. . . Courtesy ::: BBC
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