Lines reopened: disruption between Todmorden and Manchester Victoria expected until 15:00 

Route(s) affected

Northern between Leeds and Manchester Victoria / Wigan Wallgate / Chester, and also between Blackburn and Headbolt Lane

TransPennine Express between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria

Description

Lines have now reopened following a points failure at Smithy Bridge. Whilst service recovers, trains running between Todmorden and Manchester Victoria may still be cancelled, delayed by up to 20 minutes or diverted.

Disruption is expected until 15:00.

A visual disruption map video is available.

Northern customer advice:

You can travel on the next Northern service to your destination, where available.

Northern tickets may be used at no additional cost on the following Bee Network bus services:

• 17, 17A, 18, 41, 115, 116, 135, 149, 159, 163, 435, 436, 456, 457, 458 and 471

Please note that other train operators may also be affected by disruption – please check your whole journey before travelling.

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.

TransPennine Express customer advice:

How does this affect my journey?

Services will be diverted between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria via an alternative route. Trains diverting via this alternative route will be unable to serve the following stations:

• Brighouse

• Sowerby Bridge

• Mytholmroyd

• Hebden Bridge

• Todmorden

• Rochdale

TransPennine Express are diverting services between Leeds and Manchester Victoria via Bradford Interchange and Halifax due to ongoing engineering works between Leeds and Deighton.

What should I do?

To help you complete your journey, rail replacement transport has been requested to run between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria.

The road transport are to depart from Huddersfield in place of the cancelled train service. The road transport will call at the following stations:

• Brighouse

• Sowerby Bridge

• Mytholmroyd

• Hebden Bridge

• Todmorden

• Rochdale

The first road transport to depart from Huddersfield is expected to be on site from 11:15.

Please see station information posters for the location of rail replacement pick up points and be advised that journey times may be extended by 90 minutes whilst travelling by rail replacement transport.

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 drop-off 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.