Major rail disruption hits Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly - latest train updates
Rail passengers are facing significant delays and cancellations, impacting Liverpool and Manchester.
Rail passengers in Liverpool and Manchester are facing major delays and cancellations today (Sunday, January 4) due to overrunning engineering works between Chinley and Sheffield.
According to Network Rail, East Midlands Railway (EMR) services are impacted between Liverpool Lime Street/Manchester Piccadilly and Norwich, between Liverpool Lime Street and Nottingham, and between Manchester Piccadilly and Derby, as well as Northern services between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield, and TransPennine Express (TPE) trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Sheffield/Cleethorpes.
East Midlands Railway (EMR) disruption
East Midlands Railway services between Liverpool Lime Street/Manchester Piccadilly and Norwich, between Liverpool Lime Street and Nottingham, and also between Manchester Piccadilly and Derby, are facing disruption.
In a statement this afternoon, EMR said: “There were engineering works that had not been finished on time earlier today. This was between Sheffield and Liverpool Lime Street and has disrupted our trains on the Norwich/Nottingham/Liverpool routes.
“Network Rail have carried out the required work and the lines are due to open at 14:00.”
The rail operator said that from 14:00, services will be able to run between Sheffield and Liverpool Lime Street. However, services between Liverpool Lime street and Sheffield will not start until 17:50, due to “trains being out of place”.
Northern disruption
Northern services between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield are facing disruption, with the rail operator warning: “Train services between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield may be delayed or terminated at and started back from New Mills Central.”
According to Northern, road transport has been arranged to run as follows:
Two 16-seater minibuses will depart New Mills Central calling at all stations to Sheffield.
- 11:30 - operated by Phantom Travel
- 13:25 - Operated by RSZ14:25 - Operated by Premier
- 16:25 - Operated by Premier
Two 16-seater minibuses will depart Sheffield calling at all stations to New Mills.
- 11:25 - Operated by Premier
- 12:25 - Operated by Premier
- 14:25 - Operated by Phantom Travel
- 15:25 - Operated by RSZ
TransPennine Express have arranged rail replacement buses to run non-stop between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield. Northern said customers may use these buses at no additional cost.
TransPennine Express (TPE disruption)
According to TransPennine Express (TPE), all lines have now reopened and services between Sheffield and Manchester are now able to run in both directions, however, trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Cleethorpes are subject to delay and last minute alteration whilst the services gets back to normal. Disruption is expected until 18:00.