Lines reopened: disruption between Manchester Piccadilly / New Mills Central and Sheffield expected until 14:00 

Route(s) affected

East Midlands Railway services between Liverpool Lime Street and Nottingham / Norwich

Northern services between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield

TransPennine Express services between Cleethorpes and Liverpool Lime Street

Description

Following an incident which the fire brigade have now dealt with between Grindleford and Dore & Totley, all lines have reopened. Whilst service recovers, trains running between Manchester Piccadilly / New Mills Central and Sheffield may be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until 14:00.

Northern customer advice:

Network Rail engineers are on site.

Alternative travel suggestions:

Northern train ticket restrictions have been lifted in the affected areas, including Advance and Peak restrictions, during this disruption. Restrictions will be reinstated once the disruption ends.

If the train you have a ticket for is cancelled, you can travel on any Northern, TransPennine Express or LNER service within 2 hours before or after your cancelled service was due to depart.

Rail replacement transport has been organised to run as follows:

• 13:50 departure from Edale to Sheffield calling at all stations operated by RSZ Travel

Journey times will be extended by 1 hour whilst travelling by road transport.

Please see station information posters for the bus pick up points..

TransPennine Express customer advice:

You can use your ticket at no extra cost on the following services and routes:

• CrossCountry services between Leeds and Sheffield

• Northern services between Huddersfield and Sheffield

• TransPennine Express services between Leeds / Huddersfield and Manchester Piccadilly, between Cleethorpes and Sheffield

If you are travelling from Stockport towards Liverpool, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the next available Northern service towards Manchester Piccadilly and then change there for stations to Liverpool Lime Street.

If you are travelling from Stockport towards Cleethorpes, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the next available Northern services towards Manchester Piccadilly. Then you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the next available TransPennine Express service towards Huddersfield. At Huddersfield, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the next available Northern service to Sheffield. At Sheffield, TransPennine Express services to Cleethorpes will resume.

Please note that journey times will be extended.

East Midlands Railway and Northern services will also be disrupted.

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 and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and set-down location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

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.