Rail passengers face second day of disruption across north-west England

Problems after power failure at regional signalling centre likely to continue until noon with many crews and trains in wrong locations Business live – latest updates Rail passengers are facing a second day of travel disruption across parts of north-west England, after a power failure hit the signalling centre control

Passengers have been warned to check before they travel tomorrow morning as disruption continues

Stranded passengers have described their "nightmare" journeys and being evacuated from trains.

A major power failure in Manchester has halted trains and caused massive travel disruption across the Midlands and north-west England until the end of the day

Mark Mansfield Rail passengers are being warned to expect two weeks of disruption as major engineering work takes place across north Wales and the Borders this month. Lines between Bidston and Wrexham General will close from August 16 to 30, while services between Wrexham and Shrewsbury will also be affected. The railw

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Rail chaos as power failure brings trains across England to a standstill  lbc.co.uk