{"id":1050978,"date":"2026-06-26T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050978\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:45:17","slug":"key-rail-route-suspended-as-lorry-smashes-into-birmingham-bridge-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050978\/","title":{"rendered":"Key rail route suspended as lorry smashes into Birmingham bridge AGAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birmingham’s Cross City rail line was partially suspended today after a lorry smashed into a bridge notorious for repeated truck crashes.<\/p>\n

The train route was suspended between New Street and Lichfield was out of action following the collision on Summer Road in Erdington<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 14ft high bridge, which carries the Cross City Line over this road, has been the scene of scores of crashes over the last year.<\/p>\n

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It was struck at least five times in just four months last year.<\/p>\n

Lorry drivers were told at the time to “wise up, size up”<\/a> with truckers urged to know the height of their vehicle.<\/p>\n

Train passengers today were able to use tickets on NX West Midlands bus services.<\/p>\n

\"Toppled<\/p>\n

Toppled lorry at the 4.3-metre low bridge on Summer Road, Erdington, on April 30, 2025 -Credit:Birmingham New Street<\/p>\n

Transport for West Midlands posted on X today: “Due to a lorry colliding with the rail bridge on Summer Road in #Erdington<\/a>, CrossCity North train services are currently suspended.<\/p>\n

“(New Street – Lichfield<\/a>) Passengers can use their train ticket on NX Buses. @westmidrailway<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

West Midlands Roads added: “#UPDATE<\/a> Summer Road #Erdington<\/a> is now completely blocked at the railway bridge as recovery is taking place.”<\/p>\n

Birmingham<\/a> campaigner Reiss Omari posted on X: “Are we waiting for this bridge to collapse before implementing a fix – clearly the signage and bright yellow hazards signs aren\u2019t enough, the disruption this would cause to the Cross City line if the bridge ever collapsed would be insane.”<\/p>\n

Previously Martin Colmey, operations director for Network Rail\u2019s Central route, said: \u201cThere is no excuse for driving a lorry into a railway bridge.<\/p>\n

“Our bridges are clearly marked, and lorry drivers should always know the height restrictions of their vehicles.<\/p>\n

“To ignore both and bash a bridge, causing disruption to passengers and road users, is unforgivable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham’s Cross City rail line was partially suspended today after a lorry smashed into a bridge notorious for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1050979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,288848,44829,393,22048,4884,288847,282356,288846,16,15,7858],"class_list":["post-1050978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-cross-city","tag-cross-city-line","tag-england","tag-erdington","tag-great-britain","tag-lorry-drivers","tag-railway-bridge","tag-summer-road","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-west-midlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1050979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}