West coast Issues Crewe Today

[AK1982]

Seems to be an issue on the west coast mainline with a balloon getting caught in the overhead wires somewhere between Runcorn and Crewe - does anyone have the actual location for this and how long does an incident like this take to resolve?

quite a few cancelled / delayed trains already.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Must be between Runcorn and Weaver Jn as WCML services seem OK.
Trains could divert via Warrington (VT usually do, LM never), otherwise go via Chester and Merseyrail.
1144 Avanti Crewe-Liverpool got through on time.
1147 Avanti Liverpool-Euston left at 1205 but has passed Weaver Jn.
1105 LNWR Liverpool-Birmingham has got through to Acton Bridge, having been held 48 minutes at Liverpool South Parkway.
Seems OK now, but LNWR did cancel a couple north of Crewe.
There were also a couple of Liverpool-Chester cancellations, which suggests the problem was close to Runcorn station.

 

[4F89]

It was at weaver junction 10m before the converging points on the liverpool Up.

 

[6Gman]

Must be between Runcorn and Weaver Jn as WCML services seem OK.
Trains could divert via Warrington (VT usually do, LM never), otherwise go via Chester and Merseyrail.
1144 Avanti Crewe-Liverpool got through on time.
1147 Avanti Liverpool-Euston left at 1205 but has passed Weaver Jn.
1105 LNWR Liverpool-Birmingham has got through to Acton Bridge, having been held 48 minutes at Liverpool South Parkway.
Seems OK now, but LNWR did cancel a couple north of Crewe.
There were also a couple of Liverpool-Chester cancellations, which suggests the problem was close to Runcorn station.

Normal service then ?