"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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And it is still ongoing with trains seemingly now running via Primrose
Road between Camden Rd and Willesden Junction. Trains aren't serving
trains west of Kentish Town West. Whatever brought the wires down at
Willesden did a good job if it can't be fixed overnight.

I was on the Pathfinder "York Flyer" charter, behind 'Deltic' 55 022 "Royal
Scots Grey". We were held at Camden Road for over half an hour from around
19:20, as we were booked via Gospel Oak and Acton Wells Jn. to gain access
to the GWML, for set down at Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington
Spa, Coventry and Birmingham stations.

Information passed to me by colleagues 'in the know' was that a class 378
had brought the wires down at the changeover point from a.c. to d.c.
traction and that the dewirement had then been run into by a service heading
in the opposite direction, causing a minor fire. As a result, neither the
booked route to the GWML nor the alternative, running via Primrose Hill and
Willesden West London Junction, were available. Consequently, the charter
was diverted non-stop down the WCML to Coventry (setting down Cov and
Birmingham passengers, for onward travel via service trains), where the
'Deltic' was run round and the train ran in the opposite direction to that
booked, setting down at Leamington Spa, Banbury and Oxford before
terminating at Didcot Parkway around three hours late at around 23:30. Taxis
were provided for those of us off the direct route, who had missed last
trains!