Rail services disrupted after points failure

Rail passengers faced cancelled trains and delays in the West Midlands due to a points failure and signalling fault.

National Rail said the points failure between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street caused disruption to journeys between the two stations on Wednesday.

A spokesperson said the issue had since been fixed but disruption was expected until the end of the day.

Separately, a fault with the signalling system also caused disruption between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton.

London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway passengers were told tickets could be used on some other services, with some rail replacement bus services in operation.

A limited rail replacement bus service ran between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton.

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