Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Power failure disrupts rail services across parts of England
On Thursday, a big power problem made many trains in England stop working properly.
The problem happened at a building called a communications centre, which helps trains and signals talk to each other.
Trains in Greater Manchester, the Midlands and the North West of England were affected.
Some trains were cancelled, some were late, and some had to take different routes.
National Rail told passengers to expect problems for the rest of the day.
Rail workers were busy trying to fix the power supply.
People who needed to travel were told their journeys might take longer than usual.
Everyone hoped that normal train service would come back once the power was restored.
A power failure at a communications centre disrupted rail services across large parts of England on Thursday.
National Rail said the failure affected trains in Greater Manchester, the Midlands and the North West.
The outage caused train cancellations, delays and revised routes in the affected regions.
Passengers were warned to expect delays and cancellations for the rest of the day.
Rail operators were working to restore normal services across the affected areas.
- Who
- National Rail and rail passengers across England
- What
- A failure of the electricity supply at a communications centre caused train cancellations, delays and revised routes
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Greater Manchester, the Midlands and the North West of England
- Why
- The failure of the electricity supply at a communications centre disrupted train services
- Operator
- National Rail
- Cause
- Failure of electricity supply at a communications centre
- Affected Regions
- Greater Manchester, Midlands, North West of England
- Impact
- Train cancellations, delays and revised routes
- Expected Duration
- Until the end of the day
- Day of Disruption
- Thursday