Summary

  • Latest updates following the suspension of the line between Preston and Lancaster

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  1. '90-minute journey took eight hours', says passenger

    Simon Maybon from Lancaster talks about his 'nightmare' train trip after overhead lines were damaged.

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  2. Hundreds waiting for replacement buses at Preston

    Passenger Anthony Roberts has tweeted pictures of the queues inside and outside Preston station, where hundreds of people are waiting for replacement buses.

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  3. Dad and daughter, stuck on train for five hours, ditch Glasgow trip

    One rail passengers going on a day trip with her father from Liverpool to Glasgow says she was stranded for five hours.

    Lauren Griffiths left Liverpool at 09:30 - an hour late.

    "About 15 minutes after leaving Preston we came to a stop and were stuck there for five hours.

    "Communications were really poor - they have no update for you."

    To make matters worse, she said the toilets stopped working for the last three hours.

    They have now ditched their Glasgow plans and are now back in Preston, trying to get home to Liverpool.

    She said the queue at Preston station was "chaotic" with hundreds waiting for replacement buses and trains.

  4. Virgin Trains 'sorry' for disrupted customers

    The overhead power lines came down on a section of track between Preston and Lancaster, following the failure of a train in the area.

    Three Virgin Trains services were caught up in the ensuing disruption. Network Rail were unable to immediately fix the problem.

    A rescue locomotive was sent to retrieve two Virgin trains, whilst the third involved a "train to train" evacuation.

    We’re very sorry for the experience of customers affected by today’s disruption. We’re working closely with our partners to get customers from the affected trains to the nearest station so they can continue their journeys.

    Virgin Trains

  5. TransPennine Express: Line will be closed until 05:00 on Thursday

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  6. 'My 90 minute journey has taken me eight hours'

    We have just spoken to a passenger who was on board one of the trains stuck between Preston and Lancaster.

    Simon Maybon, from Lancaster, said his 90-minute journey ended up taking about eight hours.

    We got to Preston and were told the train was cancelled so we were instructed to get onto a different train and we got onto that train and we sat there for about two hours waiting because there was a broken down train in front of us.

    Then we eventually started moving and we made about 10 minutes progress and then it stopped and they put some announcements over the tannoy saying there were some technical issues, that there was no power, that we were stuck here for the foreseeable. That was about 11 o'clock and then we were stuck on that train for the following three, three-and-a-bit hours with no air conditioning, no toilets really – they stopped working very quickly.

    We got a little bottle of water which I guess was very nice of them, the card machine wasn’t working in the food carriage. There were kids there, families, lots of people who were pretty frustrated. I guess I was lucky because I got on later because there was a chap next to me who set off at 5:30.

    At about 2:15 we were told we were getting on a different train, we were evacuating from one train to another, that took about an hour. We got evacuated onto another train. And then we were just left, we didn’t really know what was going on, the staff didn’t know what was going on or they didn’t tell us very much. We were 2 miles out of Lancaster, but the train was going to go back to Preston. Fortunately, we started moving just after that and I’ve just pulled into Lancaster now.

  7. 'Thousands are stranded', says passenger

    "Thousands of people" are stranded at Preston railway station after overhead lines came down between Preston and Lancaster, one affected passenger has said.

    Sharon Breward she said the queue for replacement bus services was "so far out of the station you cannot see the end".

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  8. Northern rail issues advice to passengers

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  9. Passengers stranded at Preston station

    The BBC's Mike Stevens is at Preston railway station, where passengers arriving to travel are being forced to join large queues for replacement buses.

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  10. Virgin Trains advise passengers not to travel

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  11. West Coast Main Line suspended

    There are severe problems on the West Coast Main Line.

    Overhead lines are down between Preston and Lancaster, meaning that services are suspended in both directions.

    Please follow this live page for all of the latest updates.

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