Incredible video shows how a railway platform has been transformed into a CANAL after major flooding
It took more than 12 hours for crews to clear the water and for trains to run again
THE Midlands is famous for a network of canals, and after flash flooding from heavy rainfall yesterday a train station became another makeshift canal.
Unsurprisingly trains were unable to get through the huge amount of water on the tracks between the platforms at Lye station, and emergency services worked hard to clear the 'canal' in an effort which took more than 12 hours.
People turning up to the station with the idea of getting a train were startled to find they now had a canal to deal with, which not only did not have any trains able to run through it, but there were no rail replacement barges available either.
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The delayed 5.48pm service was the last shown on the display boards on the platforms.
Flooding has caused problems and chaos for many parts of the UK, with a hospital flooded in Birmingham and flash floods in residential streets.
Fire crews took almost 1,000 calls to problems caused by the bad weather - and more rain is expected today.
Teams arrived to clear the tracks at the station near Stourbridge, in the Dudley borough just before 7pm last night, and gave "no estimate" for when the line between Birmingham and Kidderminster and London Marylebone and Kidderminster would go through Lye again.
Jut after 9am this morning a London Midland spokesman confirmed to The Sun the tracks were clear and the line open. He said: "Trains are running but there are speed restrictions in place."
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