Passengers heading home from Euston for Christmas faced significant delays on Thursday morning due to an unusual obstruction: a bag caught on the overhead power lines. This incident particularly impacted Avanti West Coast services from Euston to Manchester, resulting in all lines being blocked until an expected clearance time of 12:30 PM.
Network Rail issued a statement informing passengers of the disruption, explaining that engineers were working diligently to remove the bag caught between Stoke and Crewe. This incident added to the challenges already presented by Storm Pia, which has been causing high winds and affecting train services across the north of the country, including Scotland, North Wales, and parts of East Anglia, the Midlands, and North West and North East England.
