BREAKING | All trains suspended between Hereford and Manchester due to a train fire this evening - Herefordshire’s Independent Source of News & Information

All rail services between Hereford and Manchester Piccadilly are currently suspended due to a train fire in Shropshire.

The fire has broke out on a freight train at Church Stratton. A number of passengers are currently stuck on trains in Shropshire and Herefordshire and are awaiting bus replacement services.

Incident: Church Stretton Logs 🪵 on fire 🔥 on a train 🚂 Current stop on all trains between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton and Craven Arms. @BBCShropshire @shropsfire pic.twitter.com/raSODSmcTR
— Craig Jackson (@SFRS_cjackson) May 9, 2022

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BREAKING | All trains suspended between Hereford and Manchester due to a train fire this evening

Stefan Davies

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