Cross Country Train - Photo: Kevin Boyd
Sunday 27 April saw much of Tamworth’s rail routes severely disrupted due to a major police incident on the upper line between Tamworth and Birmingham . The incident in Birmingham involved a huge police operation which lasted several hours.
Early on Sunday morning (Just before 10.30am), Police received reports of a man bound to a car with what is believed to gas canisters inside, the full report of the incident can be found on the BBC. During the operation the West Midlands police setup a 500 metre protective Police cordon which included our line that connects the North (Newcastle, Edinburgh) with the South West (Bristol) and Wales.
The disruption meant passengers going to Burton upon Trent and catching a replacement bus service to Tamworth Train Station. The line reopened shortly after 5pm on Sunday evening with a normal service beginning to resume.
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