Rail services in and out of Northampton are running this morning following huge delays on the line, however, train bosses have warned of further delays and cancellations tonight.
Commuters faced major problems yesterday after overhead wires were brought down on the line near Wolverton, meaning there were no trains running between Northampton and Milton Keynes for much of the day.
Rail replacement bus services were instead put in place.
London Midland services between Northampton and Milton Keynes are running this morning, however, train bosses say services will have to again be halted after 8pm tonight for repairs to be carried out.
Work is expected to take 10 hours, with services expected to resume on Sunday morning.
A London Midland spokesman said: “Due to the overhead wires having been brought down at Hanslope Junction, north of Milton Keynes, an amended service will run between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton after 8pm on Saturday, March 2.
“The line will be closing to enable Network Rail engineers to repair the overhead wires, which is expected to take around 10 hours.
“Some trains will terminate at Milton Keynes for road replacement transport to Northampton, some will run from Milton Keynes to Northampton via Rugby (adding around 30 minutes to the journey), and some will run direct from Milton Keynes to the West Midlands via Rugby.
“We plan to run the scheduled timetable between Northampton and London from the start of service on Sunday.”
London Midland bosses say passengers can follow @LondonMidland on Twitter from 8am until 10pm for updates and travel advice, visit londonmidland.com/live from Saturday afternoon for details of tonight’s revised service.
Alternatively use the National Rail website to check live departure boards.
The spokesman added: “Apologies if your journey is disrupted and thank you once again for your patience.”
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