Rail passengers have been warned of serious disruptions at London Euston station during rush hour.
On one of the hottest days of the year, there were delays and cancellations in passenger traffic to and from London Euston station.
A switch at Watford Junction is blocking the route used by trains between the Midlands and Manchester.
National Rail warned that trains through Euston could be cancelled, delayed by up to two hours or have their journeys diverted.
Affected are trains between London Euston and Wolverhampton, Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly and Edinburgh as well as trains between Birmingham New Street and Crewe.
Traffic between East Croydon and Watford Junction is also affected.
Disruptions are expected until the end of the day.
Frustrated passengers turned to X (formerly Twitter) after their trains were affected.
Some passengers claimed their Avanti West Coast train had been “stranded” at Coventry station for over an hour, and one said there was “very hot weather” on board.
The passenger asked Avanti: “Couldn’t you at least give water to everyone on the train?”
Avanti customer service responded on X and said that the teams are “working very hard to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.”
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Images from Euston show the station packed with commuters on a day when temperatures in London are expected to reach 30 degrees again after Tuesday’s record high.
This is because underground traffic throughout London is also affected today.
You may be entitled to a delay refund, so it’s worth keeping your ticket and making a note of the times for making a claim with the rail provider.
Affected Euston trains
These lines are affected and disruptions are expected to continue into the evening.
Avanti West Coast
Avanti West Coast is affected between London Euston and Wolverhampton/Crewe/Manchester Piccadilly/Edinburgh.
Passengers can use tickets on the following services: Chiltern Railways between Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone, CrossCountry via any reasonable route, East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Sheffield, Northern via any reasonable route, TransPennine Express via any reasonable route, West Midlands Railway via any reasonable route.
London-Northwestern Railway
London Northwestern Railway between London Euston and Tring / Milton Keynes Central / Birmingham New Street / Crewe, if affected.
You can use your ticket on the following trains:
- Chiltern Railways:
- Birmingham Moor Street – Leamington Spa – Banbury – Bicester – Aylesbury – London Marylebone.
- Cross country:
- Birmingham New Street – Leamington Spa – Banbury – Oxford – Reading (connection to Great Western Railway trains to London Paddington).
- Birmingham – Nuneaton – Leicester (connecting to East Midlands Railway services to London St Pancras International).
- Tamworth – Derby (with connection to the East Midlands Railway to London St Pancras International)
- Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Stafford – Stoke-on-Trent.
- East Midlands Railway:
- Crewe – Stoke on Trent – Derby.
- Derby – Leicester – Kettering – Wellingborough – Bedford – Luton – London St Pancras International.
- London Northwestern Railway:
- Bedford – Bletchley, with connections to London St Pancras International.
- St. Albans Abbey – Watford Junction, with connections to London St Pancras International.
- West Midlands Railway:
- Worcester and Birmingham New Street
- Nuneaton – Coventry – Leamington Spa.
- Thameslink:
- Bedford – Luton – Luton Airport Parkway – St. Albans – London St. Pancras International.
- South:
- Watford Junction – London (Kensington Olympia) (if not affected by this disruption)
- London Underground:
- London Euston and Watford Junction (if they are not affected by this disruption).
Are you affected by the outage? Please email noora.mykkanen@metro.co.uk.
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