Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail track - Affected train services include Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales

Services between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport are affected following a car landing on the train tracks below after crashing at a roundabout. All railway lines between Newton-le-Willows

A major railway line near Manchester city centre will be closed for most of the day after a car landed on the tracks. Images show the wreckage of a car which landed on its roof on the tracks below the Regent Road roundabout,

Commuters and travelers in the northwest of England were hit with major travel disruption Friday after a car plunged from a bridge onto the main rail line between Manchester and Liverpool, one of the country's busiest.

All-day rail disruption is expected in the north of England after a car crashed onto a railway track in Greater Manchester. The crash caused major damage to the track and cables, with repairs now underway. However, a number of services are expected to be disrupted for the entire day. The motorist survived the crash after the car landed on its roof.

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The vehicle came to rest upside down on a line in Salford, Greater Manchester, affecting services to Liverpool.

The main railway line between Liverpool and Manchester will remain closed for most of the day after a car plunged on to the tracks. Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales services face significant disruption until the car can be removed from the line which connects Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly.