Rail passengers may have to get used to a new excuse for delays after trains were held up when a signalman got stuck in the toilet.
London-bound travellers found themselves inconvenienced after contact was lost with the signal box at Henwick in Worcester, on the Hereford main line.
Trains cannot continue on to the city’s Shrub Hill station without receiving a green light at Henwick, sited on a level crossing.
The driver of the 15.13 Hereford to London service, having heard nothing, got out of his train and walked to the signal box to see what the problem was.
It was then discovered the signalman was stuck in the Victorian building’s outside toilet.
A Network Rail spokesman apologised for any inconvenience caused to passenger by the unusual episode on Wednesday February 6.
