Emergency services are in attendance at an ongoing incident on the railway line with trains from Greater Manchester stopped.

Police are currently dealing with the incident between Wigan Wallgate and Southport this evening.

Routes affected include those between Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Victoria, Stalybridge, Wigan Wallgate and Southport.

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All stations between Gathurst and Southport will not be served, with replacement bus services currently introduced. Trains may be cancelled or delayed, National Rail said.

Further details about the incident have not yet been confirmed.

This is a breaking incident. Updates to follow below.

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James Holt

Lines have now reopened

All lines have now reopened following the earlier incident

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James Holt

Journey times extended by as much as an hour

Journey times will be extended by up to 60 minutes when using replacement road transport, National Rail said.

Tickets will be accepted on the following routes at no extra cost:

  • Merseyrail between Southport and Liverpool stations. At Liverpool customers can connect with onward Northern services to Wigan

  • Northern between Manchester Piccadilly and Ashton-under-Lyne (Please note there are no tram services between Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly, customers should utilise the free city centre buses)

  • TransPennine Express between Manchester stations and Stalybridge

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Tom Burnett

Disruption now expected until 10pm

Disruption is now expected until 10pm. Passengers are being advised to factor extra time into their journeys.

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James Holt

Merseyrail accepting Northern tickets due to train cancellations

Merseyrail are accepting Northern tickets due to train cancellations this evening

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Manchester services affected by ongoing incident

Train services are unable to run between Wigan Wallgate and Southport in both directions this evening.

Services on the following routes will be impacted: Stalybridge to Southport via Manchester Victoria Manchester Oxford Road to Southport

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James Holt

National Rail issues statement

A statement shared this evening: "Emergency services are dealing with an incident between Wigan Wallgate and Southport.

"Whilst emergency services attend the incident, trains may be cancelled or terminated at and started back from Wigan Wallgate. All stations between Gathurst and Southport will not be served.

"Disruption is expected until 9.30pm."

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