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Rail passengers face second day of chaos across north-west England

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A power failure at a regional signalling centre has left north-west England's railways in chaos for a second consecutive day, The Guardian reports. The outage struck Thursday afternoon, triggering widespread cancellations and delays on CrossCountry and London Northwestern Railway services, with crews and trains now in wrong locations. Disruption is expected to persist until noon.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/07/rail-pass...

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