One of London’s busiest train stations has been hit by travel disruption as thousands of people are about to travel for the weekend.

Trains on the West Coast Main Line have ground to a halt during one of the busiest times of the week after a major signalling fault in the Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent area.

It is wreaking havoc on all train companies running services on the route, including Avanti West Coast trains between Manchester and London Euston, with cancellations and significant delays likely.

The disruption is expected to last all day today as engineers try to fix it.

Passengers travelling on Avanti, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway and Northern services should brace for trains being axed, delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised.

Travellers were al

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