Rail bosses have apologised after passengers were left stranded on Sunday when storm damage caused the cancellation of all trains between Manchester and London.
Services were halted and engineers worked through the night to repair the damage after storms led to chaos on the network.
Last night Network Rail admitted the ‘extreme weather’ had ‘got the better of us’ as they told stranded passengers at London Euston not to travel.
By Monday morning the damaged lines near Rugby had been repaired and trains are running again, but a separate problem caused by a signalling fault at Coventry means there’s a further delays on the West Coast Main Line this morning.
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Train operator Avanti tweeted: “Due to a fault with the signalling system at Coventry all lines are blocked.”
Disruption is expected until 10.45am.
Martin Frobisher, safety and engineering director, Network Rail, said: “Passengers had a rough day yesterday for which we are truly sorry.
“Our engineering teams have battled through the night to repair the storm damage, all of which has been successfully completed and services have resumed this morning out of London Euston and London King’s Cross.
“There will be some residual delays and cancellations today, particularly out of Euston and passengers should check their journey plans with their operators websites for more details.”
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