Train passengers have been warned of serious disruption at London Euston station during peak hours.
Travel to and from London Euston train station is experiencing delays and cancellations on one of the hottest days of the year.
A points failure at Watford Junction has blocked the line used by trains between the Midlands and Manchester.
Trains via Euston could be cancelled, delayed by up to two hours or rescheduled, National Rail has warned.
Trains between London Euston and Wolverhampton, Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly and Edinburgh are affected, as are trains between Birmingham New Street and Crewe.
The service between East Croydon and Watford Junction has also been affected.
Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Frustrated passengers took to X (formerly Twitter) after their trains were affected.
Some passengers claimed their Avanti West Coast train had been ‘stranded’ at Coventry station for more than an hour. Another said it was “very hot on board.”
The passenger asked Avanti, “Can’t you at least pass water to everyone on the train?”
Avanti customer service responded to X saying that teams are “working very hard to get this issue resolved 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 set to reach 30 degrees Celsius again after Tuesday’s record.
It comes as tube traffic is also affected in London today.
You may be entitled to a deferred refund, so it’s worth holding on to your ticket and making a note of the times when you can make a claim with the train provider.
Euston trains affected
These lines are affected and disruption is expected into the evening.
Avanti West Coast
Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Wolverhampton / Crewe / Manchester Piccadilly / Edinburgh is affected.
Passengers can use tickets on the following services: Chiltern Railways between Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone, CrossCountry by any reasonable route, East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Sheffield, Northern by any reasonable route, TransPennine Express by any reasonable route, West Midlands Railway via any reasonable route.
London Northwest 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.
- CrossCountry:
- Birmingham New Street – Leamington Spa – Banbury – Oxford – Reading (to connect with Great Western Railway services to London Paddington).
- Birmingham – Nuneaton – Leicester (to connect with East Midlands Railway services to London St Pancras International).
- Tamworth – Derby (to connect with East Midlands Railway services 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, to connect with services to London St Pancras International.
- St Albans Abbey – Watford Junction, to connect with services 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.
- Southern:
- Watford Junction – London (Kensington Olympia) (if not affected by this disruption)
- London above ground:
- London Euston and Watford Junction (if they are not affected by this disruption).
Are you bothered by the disruption? Send an email to noora.mykkanen@metro.co.uk.
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