Services were thrown into chaos yesterday by two overhead wire problems, one north of Rugby and the other at Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.
A broken rail between Coventry and Birmingham added to problems on the key London to Scotland rail route.
Virgin Trains services were unable to to call at stations between Rugby and Stafford.
The London Midland train company was only able to run services between Northampton and London.
Last week the service had to be suspended after a light plane crashed close to the line near Stafford, killing three.
On Sunday and Monday, services were badly hit by a cable problem at Watford.
