Emergency services dealing with an incident between Bolton and Salford Crescent, means all lines are closed. As a result, trains running between Bolton and Manchester Victoria / Manchester Oxford Road may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or diverted.
Disruption is expected until 18:45.
Customer Advice:
Northern
Effect on service:
The following services are unable to operate between Salford Crescent - Bolton:
- Rochdale - Clitheroe
- Stalybridge / Manchester Oxford Road - Southport
- Manchester Airport - Blackpool North
- Manchester Airport - Barrow-in-Furness / Windermere
To help you on your journey, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the following:
- Avanti West Coast services via any reasonable route
- TransPennine Express services via any reasonable route
- Transport for Wales services via any reasonable route
Customers travelling from Manchester are advised to change at Warrington Bank Quay for connections North.
Replacement road transport will operate as below:
- 16:40 - A coach operated by Bestway will depart from Bolton, calling at Manchester Oxford Road only
- 17:00 - A coach operated by Bestway will depart from Bolton, calling at Manchester Oxford Road only
- 17:40 - A coach operated by Phantom Travel will depart from Bolton, calling at all stations to Southport
- 17:40 - A coach operated by Phantom Travel will depart from Bolton, calling at all stations to Clitheroe
TransPennine Express
To help you on your journey, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the following:
- Avanti West Coast services between Preston and Edinburgh / Glasgow Central in both directions
- Northern services between Preston and Manchester Airport / Manchester Piccadilly / Manchester Oxford Road / Manchester Victoria via Wigan North Western and Walkden
Replacement road transport is being requested to run between Bolton and Preston in both directions. More details will follow once this is confirmed.
The following TransPennine Express services will divert via Wigan North Western:
- 13:09 Glasgow Central - Manchester Airport service, not calling at Bolton
- 14:12 Edinburgh - Manchester Airport service, not calling at Bolton
- 15:08 Glasgow Central - Manchester Airport service, not calling at Bolton
- 16:04 Manchester Airport - Edinburgh service
- 17:04 Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central service
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 information, please use this page.
You can find the location of your replacement bus by checking station signs or by searching for your station on our station information pages.
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.