Rail commuters at Liverpool's Lime Street Station on Thursday wait for information on whether their service was affected by a technical fault at a signaling center that caused major disruption across the rail network. Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA
Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Rail passengers in England were facing a second day of delays and disruption Friday, a day after a 90-second power outage at a signaling control center in Manchester brought trains across the northwest, the Midlands, and as far away as Wales, to a standstill.
National Rail said trains were moving again but warned of ongoing disruption to services on the West Coast main line as well as East Midlands Railway, Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales through Friday afternoon, mainly due to trains and crews being out of position.
"This means that some trains are still expected to be affected this morning. Trains across the Greater Manchester area and northwest of England may still be canceled in full or revised to only run for part of their normal journey until service is able to fully recover," said track operator Network Rail.
The company told passengers to check if any specific service was operating before heading to the station.
