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24th April 2010 17:00

Blackout shuts New Street station (BBC News)

A power failure at Birmingham's New Street railway station leads to it closing for about 30 minutes.

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Midland Compound

25th April 2010 23:49

Must have been the volcanic ash that caused it !

Kasane

26th April 2010 04:04

I used to get trains from there in the '70s - it was always dark down on the platforms without any natural light. Just as if there was a perennial black out. I guess the locomotives must have been battery powered!

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