{"id":32726,"date":"2025-04-19T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/32726\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:44:17","slug":"birmingham-new-street-services-cancelled-after-trespassers-block-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/32726\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham New Street services cancelled after trespassers block line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers faced delays of over an hour after the train line was blocked between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_JS364367299.jpg\" alt=\"Trains were blocked between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Trains were blocked between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Train passengers faced delays in the West Midlands today after a major line was blocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The train line between <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-new-street-station\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">New Street<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/wolverhampton\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolverhampton<\/a> was blocked due to trespassers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The operator West Midlands Railway said services were cancelled as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/travel\/ryanair-threatens-axe-number-flights-31423224\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Ryanair threatens to axe number of flights to Spain amid ongoing row<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The incident was first reported on X\/Twitter at 7.20am this morning (April 18).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Passengers faced delays for more than an hour, with the line reopening at 9.03am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Midlands Railway wrote: &#8220;Trespassers between Birmingham &#8211; <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/wolverhampton\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolverhampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The line is blocked and services will be delayed and\/or cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/police-lamborghini-driver-m42-breaking-31467967\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Police stop Lamborghini driver on M42 for two reasons &#8211; one was glaringly obvious<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We have ticket acceptance in place with @WMmetro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a later message, the operator said: &#8220;Normal service between Birmingham &#8211; <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/wolverhampton\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolverhampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Following a trespasser on the track, the line has fully reopened and services can run as normal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Midlands Railway advised passengers that they can get compensation if their service is delayed by 15 minutes or more. For more information, click <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk\/about-us\/delay-repay?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=Orlo\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The operator said: &#8220;We dislike train delays as much as you do. Even small delays can have a knock-on effect on your day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Which is why if you hold a valid ticket for your journey, you can claim compensation for delays of just 15 minutes or more, no matter what the reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The total compensation payable per day is limited to 100% of the daily cost of your ticket.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passengers faced delays of over an hour after the train line was blocked between Birmingham New Street and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,8955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-32726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-midlands-traffic-and-travel","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114364223685019923","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32726","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=32726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}