Firefighters needed to rescue 10 folks from a prepare carriage after it burst into flames.
Crews evacuated the group from the service at Kenilworth in Warwick, at round 1.10pm in the present day.
It's not believed that anybody was harm in the course of the blaze, which ripped via three carriages.
Crews evacuated the group from prepare at Kenilworth in Warwick, at round 1.10pm (pictured)
Operator Vivarail mentioned the engine was a take a look at prepare and all these onboard had been members of employees, not passengers.
A spokesman defined the blaze was prompted when an unknown fault within the engine escalated.
Nationwide Rail mentioned there wouldn't be a service between Coventry and Leamington Spa for the remainder of the day as results of the incident.
Whereas companies between Manchester Piccadilly and Bournemouth will divert by way of Solihull and never name at Birmingham Worldwide and Coventry.
Fraser Pithie, a contract rail journalist, took a dramatic photograph of the blaze, exhibiting darkish smoking billowing out of its home windows.
Vivarail chairman Adrian Shooter mentioned there will likely be an investigation into why the fireplace began within the engine
Sharing the snap on Twitter, he wrote: 'Sorry to see 230 001 find yourself like this on a take a look at run in the previous couple of minutes a after all of the laborious work by Vivarail.'
Vivarail chairman Adrian Shooter mentioned there will likely be an investigation into why the fireplace began within the engine.
He mentioned: 'It was a hearth in one of many engine modules on a take a look at prepare.
'We do not know why it occurred however clearly after we get the prepare again we will likely be taking it to items and assessing it.
'It is not a passenger prepare it is a take a look at prepare, all of the folks on board had been employees and there have been no accidents.
'This can be a new prepare, it has solely achieved a number of miles. There's an issue and there is no rationalization proper now.
'Clearly the engine should not catch fireplace and we will likely be trying into why that has occurred right here.'
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