Also, Norton Bridge's only public house, "The Railway Inn" has now reopened and serves locally brewed beer.

The cabs of the leading locomotive were badly damaged but the driver escaped with only minor injuries, although he had to be cut from the wreckage by the fire brigade.

[1] Norton Bridge Junction is where trains towards Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester Piccadilly are routed away from the West Coast Main Line.

The primary uses of this route are the West Midlands Trains service from London Euston to Crewe via Stoke-on-Trent and the CrossCountry services between the South Coast and Southwest and Manchester Piccadilly via Birmingham New Street.

In 2014 construction commenced on a scheme which takes the form of a diversionary route and flyover.