Train fire at Wolverhampton railway station halts services with …

Two fire engines were seen outside Wolverhampton Station

West Midlands^[1] Fire Service said two engines attended from Wolverhampton and Fallings Park stations and they are still on scene.

The fire involves the under carriage of a train at platform three and saw both platforms three and four closed off and trains cancelled or delayed as a result.

There were also services diverted along alternate routes and a rail replacement service requested between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury.

There are no reported injuries.

The train on Platform three is believed to have had a fire on the under carriage of one carriage of the four-carriage train

A spokesman for National Rail Enquiries said: "A fire on a train at Wolverhampton means all lines are blocked.

"As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or diverted.

"This is expected until 18:00.

The information board at the station was a mixture of cancellations and delays

"Some services may divert via an alternative route where possible, this will add 10-15 minutes onto the journey time.

"Trains which do divert will not be able to call at Coseley, Tipton, Dudley Port, Sandwell & Dudley, Smethwick Galton Bridge or Smethwick Rolfe Street.

"Road transport has been requested to run between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton."

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "Trains to Platforms 3 and 4 have been stopped.

"We are working closely with rail staff to bring the incident to a safe conclusion.

"For service updates please see @NationalRailEnq on Twitter."

References

1. ^{^} West Midlands (twitter.com)