Lines reopened: disruption between Oxenholme Lake District and Carnforth / Lancaster expected until 13:30  

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between Edinburgh / Glasgow Central and London Euston

Lumo between Stirling and London Euston

Northern between Windermere and Manchester Airport

TransPennine Express between Glasgow Central and Liverpool Lime Street, and also between Glasgow Central / Edinburgh and Manchester Airport

Description

Following a fault with the signalling system and a safety inspection of the track in the Carnforth area all lines have reopened. As service recovers, trains between Oxenholme Lake District and Carnforth / Lancaster may still be delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until 13:30.

Avanti West Coast customer advice:

Your ticket can be used at no extra cost on the following alternatives in both directions until further notice:

• TransPennine Express between:

  • Edinbrugh / Glasgow Central and Preston

  • Please note, these services are also affected by this incident

• ScotRail services between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street

• London Northwestern Railway between Birmingham New Street and Crewe

• LNER between Edinburgh and London Kings Cross
  
  

If your train is cancelled, your ticket is valid on one of the two Avanti West Coast services immediately before your booked train, or one of the two immediately after.

If you no longer wish to travel because your train is delayed or cancelled, you can request a full refund from where you bought your ticket.

Check before you travel:

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

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.