Major disruption between Lancaster and Oxenholme Lake District expected until 16:30 

Route(s) affected

Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh

Northern between Windermere and Manchester Airport / Oxenholme Lake District

TransPennine Express between Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street / Glasgoe Central / Edinburgh

Description

A failure of the electricity supply between Lancaster and Oxenholme Lake District means some lines are blocked. As a result, trains may be delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised to start / terminate from Preston.

Network Rail engineers are investigating this issue. Northern and TransPennine Express can now run on diesel mode allowing trains to resume on some lines.

Major disruption is expected until 16:30.

A visual disruption map video is available.

Please note services at Glasgow Central are being disrupted by to damage to the overhead electric wires.

Advice for Avanti West Coast customers:

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.

You can use your ticket on the following train companies at no extra cost:

• CrossCountry between Birmingham New Street and Edinburgh

• LNER between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh

• Northern between Newcastle and Carlisle

• Northern between Preston and York

• ScotRail between Glasgow Central / Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh

• TransPennine Express between Preston and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh

• TransPennine Express between Preston and Manchester Piccadilly

• TransPennine Express between Manchester Piccadilly and Leeds

If there’s major disruption on the network, alternative route maps can help you find an alternative for your journey.

Advice for Northern customers:

Train services are unable to run between Lancaster and Oxenholme (in this direction only).

Services that run via Carnforth towards Barrow-in-Furness are NOT affected.

First services affected:

08:29 Manchester Airport to Windermere has terminated at Lancaster

Replacement transport:

Road transport will be requested if the fault continues.

Advice for TransPennine Express customers:

Rail replacement transport has been requested to operate between the following stations :

• Preston and Carlisle - see station staff for further information

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

• Avanti West Coast between Preston and Edinburgh / Glasgow Central

• CrossCountry between Edinburgh and Leeds

• LNER between York / Newcastle and Edinburgh

• Northern between Manchester Airport / Manchester Piccadilly and Preston

• Northern between Preston / Oxenholme Lake District and Lancaster

• ScotRail between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central

• TransPennine Express between Manchester Piccadilly or Manchester Victoria and York

• TransPennine Express between York and Newcastle

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries 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.