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Issues on railway line due to fault with train

There was disruption between two town railway stations after a fault on the train.

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The branch line between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town had been left unable to run due to the fault and had caused services to be ceased while the issue was fixed.

West Midlands Railway confirmed around 10.25am that a rail replacement service had been put in place.

A spokesman for West Midlands Railway said: "Due to a fault on this train between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town platform, the line is blocked.

"Rail replacement has been ordered to replace the service until end of day."

It was confirmed at 11.39am that the issue had been resolved and the service was back up and running.

A spokesman for West Midlands Railway said: "The line between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town has now re-opened."

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