Key train route that connects Midlands and Wales disrupted after bus collides with bridge

A key train route between the Midlands and Wales is facing disruption this morning after a bus collided with a bridge.

CrossCountry trains warned that the 6.49am train from Derby, which was due to arrive in Cardiff Central at 9.25am this morning (October 20), will terminate at Gloucester due to a bus crashing with a bridge.

It added that the service, which passes through Birmingham New Street on its route, will no longer call at Chepstow, Newport South Wales and Cardiff Central.

The website states: “This service has been cancelled because of a bus colliding with a bridge.”