COMMUTERS suffered severe delays at Oxford Rail Station last night following a points failure.
Services were disrupted at about 4.50pm and a number of trains were left stranded inside carriages.
The problem had been caused by a breakdown in the power supply to a set of points just outside the station.
David Ewart, spokesman for Virgin Trains, said passengers experienced delays of about 45 minutes following the incident.
Network Rail said no permanent damage had been caused to the points, but services had taken another hour to return to normal.
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