Hitch for new services after train fault

Train services to newly opened stations in Birmingham were temporarily suspended, after a fault was reported on a train.

West Midlands Railway said the services on the Camp Hill Line were cancelled at about 06:00 BST for two hours, halting trains from Pineapple Road and onwards due to the issue.

The disruption comes just a day after stations on the line reopened for the first time in more than 80 years.

A spokesperson apologised for the disruption and attributed it to a fault with the train door. The fault has now been corrected, and services have been restored to run to timetable, they said.

A West Midlands Railway spokesperson said: "We are sorry to passengers whose journeys were disrupted this morning on the Camp Hill Line due to a fault with the train doors.

"Ticket acceptance was in place with local buses until the issue was resolved, and we encourage any customer who was delayed by 15 minutes or more to seek compensation under the Delay Repay scheme."

The three new stations are part of a £185m project to improve links to Birmingham city centre.

Camp Hill Line stations Moseley Village, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road opened on Tuesday, allowing locals access to neighbourhood services for the first time since World War Two.

Trains will run twice an hour along the route between the city centre and Kings Norton.

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