Chaos for rail passengers; TRAVEL: Train delays hit city after wagons derail.Byline: By Mark Cowan RAIL passengers heading from Birmingham New Street faced delays today after a freight train derailed in the city. Two wagons left the track near Lawley Middleway, Washwood Heath Washwood Heath is a ward in Birmingham, within the formal district of Hodge Hill, roughly two miles north-east of Birmingham city centre, England. Washwood Heath covers the areas of Birmingham that lie between Nechells, Bordesley Green, Stechford and Hodge Hill. , at 2.20am. The incident blocked the line running east of the city from New Street skirting skirt n. 1. The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down. 2. A garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls. 3. through Nechells and Castle Bromwich to Water Orton station. Services carrying holidaymakers heading to Stansted Airport were among those worst affected. Buses were laid on to take them from Birmingham to Nuneaton where they could catch the connecting service to the airport. But travellers were warned to expect journeys to take longer. Trains from Tamworth Tamworth, city (1991 pop. 63,260) and district, Staffordshire, W central England. Its products include clothing, textiles, and aluminum ware. An amusement park and zoo are nearby. Tamworth was burned by the Danes in the 9th cent. , Leicester Leicester (lĕs`tər), city (1991 pop. 324,394) and district, Leicestershire, central England. The city is connected by canals with the Trent River and London, and it is also a railway center. and Nottingham were also affected. The freight train derailment derailment /de·rail·ment/ (de-ral´ment) disordered thought or speech characteristic of schizophrenia and marked by constant jumping from one topic to another before the first is fully realized. caused a large amount of damage to the track. Engineers were on site assessing the situation. CAPTION(S): BLOCKED... the derailment near Lawley Middleway, Washwood Heath. Picture: Trevor Roberts |
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