'LEFT STRANDED'

Power failure halts trains and disrupts hundreds of rail passengers as travel chaos continues across the UK

Great Western Railway is advising passengers not to travel after power cut to main line in west England disrupts journeys

YASMIN JEFFERY

Published: 18:43, 26 Nov 2016
Updated: 16:02, 27 Nov 2016

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A POWER failure on a major train line has “stranded” hundreds of rail passengers in the west of England.

The outage caused a signalling systems failure between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads stations, Great Western Railway (GWR) said.

Disgruntled passengers have warned anyone with plans to travel to 'avoid it at all costs' as power failure grinds trains to a halt — Disgruntled passengers have warned anyone with plans to travel to 'avoid it at all costs' as power failure grinds trains to a haltCredit: Twitter

Great Western Railway ... power failure has 'stranded' rail passengers, with disruption expected to continue until the end of the day — Great Western Railway ... power failure has 'stranded' rail passengers, with disruption expected to continue until the end of the dayCredit: Getty Images

Services between Swindon and Bristol Temple Meads and Westbury and Bristol Temple Meads have been affected.

GWR has warned customers against travelling, and said disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Engineers are in the process of repairing the damage to the railway’s signalling system, Network Rail said.

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Speaking on the travel pandemonium, a spokesperson for GWR said the firm was “unable to source replacement road transport”.

Several trains have been cancelled, with one person reporting on social media that “hundreds” of passengers had essentially been “left stranded” in Bristol until Sunday.

One exasperated commuter told the they had “given up” waiting as hundreds of rail passengers were forced to queue for a small number of replacement bus services.

Endless cancellations ... Great Western Railway has warned customers against travelling due to the mass power outage — Endless cancellations ... Great Western Railway has warned customers against travelling due to the mass power outageCredit: GWR

They advised anyone with plans to travel from Temple Meads to “avoid it at all costs”.

The power failure comes just weeks before London is set for similar travel chaos.

Thousands of London Underground staff have voted to go on strike in the run up to Christmas over a staffing, safety and regulations row.

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