Lines reopened: major disruption to / from Manchester Piccadilly expected until the end of the day 

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly

CrossCountry between Bournemouth / Bristol Temple Meads and Manchester Piccadilly

East Midlands Railway between Norwich / Nottingham and Liverpool Lime Street

Northern between Stoke-on-Trent / Crewe / Buxton / Chester / Hazel Grove / Sheffield / Rose Hill Marple and Manchester Piccadilly, between Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street / Blackpool North / Ulverston / Windermere, and also between Manchester Airport and Hadfield

TransPennine Express between Manchester Airport and York / Saltburn / Glasgow Central / Edinburgh, between Liverpool Lime Street and Cleehorpes, and also between Manchester Piccadilly and Huddersfield / Leeds / Hull / Scarborough

Transport for Wales between Llandudno / Chester / Bangor and Manchester Airport, and between Shrewsbury and Manchester Piccadilly

Description

Lines have reopened following a trespass incident at Manchester Piccadilly. As service recovers, trains running to / from this station may still be cancelled, severely delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised.

Major disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Customer advice:

Avanti West Coast

You may use your ticket onboard the following services at no extra cost:

• CrossCountry between Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly

• East Midlands Railway services between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly, and between London St Pancras International and Sheffield

• Northern between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly

• TransPennine Express between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly

• West Midlands Railway between London Euston and Nuneaton

TransPennine Express

You may use your ticket onboard Northern services via any reasonable route at no additional cost.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility information, please use our travel information pages.

You can find the location of your replacement bus by checking station signs or by searching for your station on our station information pages.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.