Incident resolved: between Carlisle and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh expected until 18:00 

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between London Euston / Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh

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

Description

The broken down train near Lockerbie has been moved out of the way, allowing the line to be reopened. Whilst the train service begins to return to normal, trains between Carlisle and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 minutes.

Disruption is expected until 18:00.

Avanti West Coast customer advice:

You can use your tickets at no extra cost on the following services:

• CrossCountry services between Birmingham New Street and Edinburgh

• LNER between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh

• ScotRail between Glasgow and Edinburgh

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.

TransPennine Express customer advice:

You can use your tickets at no extra cost on the following services:

• Avanti West Coast services between Preston and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh, please note AWC services are also affected by this issue

• CrossCountry services between York and Edinburgh

• Northern services between Carlisle and Newcastle

• LNER between York / Newcastle and Edinburgh

• TransPennine Express services on the following routes;

  • Newcastle and Edinburgh

  • Manchester / Liverpool and Newcastle

• ScotRail between Glasgow and Edinburgh

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.