Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail track - Affected train services include Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales

Services between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport are affected following a car landing on the train tracks below after crashing at a roundabout. All railway lines between Newton-le-Willows

A major railway line near Manchester city centre will be closed for most of the day after a car landed on the tracks. Images show the wreckage of a car which landed on its roof on the tracks below the Regent Road roundabout,

A major railway line is closed and a man has been arrested after a car crashed onto train tracks in Greater Manchester. Images from the scene show the vehicle came to a rest upside down, surrounded by debris on the tracks in Salford on Friday morning.

All-day rail disruption is expected in the north of England after a car crashed onto a railway track in Greater Manchester. The crash caused major damage to the track and cables, with repairs now underway. However, a number of services are expected to be disrupted for the entire day. The motorist survived the crash after the car landed on its roof.

A major railway line is closed after a car driven by a suspected drunk-driver crashed on to train tracks. Images from the scene show the vehicle came to a rest upside down and surrounded by debris on tracks in Salford, Greater Manchester, causing major disruption to train services between Manchester and Liverpool on Friday morning.

The main railway line between Liverpool and Manchester will remain closed for most of the day after a car plunged on to the tracks. Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales services face significant disruption until the car can be removed from the line which connects Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly.

The vehicle came to a rest upside down on a line in Salford, Greater Manchester, affecting services to Liverpool.