There will be problems on the railway between Shrewsbury and Wellington (and by extension other lines too) throughout today due to staff being taken ill.
"Services to/from Shrewsbury are replaced by road transport until approx 1800" - West Midlands Railway.
West Midlands Railway said services running through Wellington and Shrewsbury maybe"cancelled or terminated" at Wellington, which is obviously having knock-on effects on other lines. It's possible Shrewsbury will not be served by train today, with the disruption expected to last until 6:30pm tonight.West Midlands Railway said:"Rail Replacement buses have reportedly been arranged to run in place of the cancelled and altered services."Ticket Acceptance is also in place with Transport for Wales, this allows our passengers to also us their rail replacement buses".
The company has also released information about other routes affected by the signalling staff availability issue. Birmingham - Wolverhampton - Telford - Shrewsbury: Reduced service and services terminating and starting from WellingtonTransport for Wales : Cancellations
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