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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Pol Allingham

Electrical failure causes rail disruption in Midlands and north-west England

Departure board showing delays at Liverpool South Parkway station as an electricity supply failure at a communications centre caused major disruption to trains in the Midlands and north-west England (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

An electricity supply failure at a communications centre is causing major disruption to trains in the Midlands and north-west England, National Rail has said.

The outage occurred shortly before 2pm in Manchester and has impacted signalling, Network Rail said.

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