Bank Holiday travel plans in chaos after thieves target cables on busy rail line

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Drivers have been warned of heavy traffic on the roads as the AA and RAC predict this bank holiday weekend to be the busiest in years with 20 million journeys set to take place Travel plans this Bank Holiday weekend were thrown into chaos after thieves targeted signalling cables at one of the UK’s busiest rail lines. The attempted heist between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton on the West Coast Main Line left trains from five different firms facing long delays and cancellations on Friday.

Routes affected Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Wolverhampton / Shrewsbury / Manchester Piccadilly / Blackpool North / Lancaster / Glasgow Central / Edinburgh, and between Birmingham New Street and Crewe / Holyhead / Glasgow Central / Edinburgh CrossCountry between Bournemouth / Paignton / Southampton Central / Bristol Temple Meads / Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly London Northwestern Railway between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton / Crewe / Liverpool Lime...

 

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