‘Do not travel north of Preston’ warning as trains cancelled due to fallen power lines

Avanti West Coast has suspended train services north of Preston after trees fell onto the line and brought down power lines.

The incident happened near Lockerbie in Scotland this morning and is affecting all West Coast Main Line services.

Passengers are being advised not to travel north of Preston due to a tree being caught in the overhead electric wires between Motherwell and Lockerbie.

National Rail says ‘major disruption’ is expected until the end of the day and Avanti is advising customers not to travel north of Preston until further notice.

 

Tickets can be used on these alternative routes in both directions.

LNER - Between Edinburgh and London Kings Cross

Scotrail - Between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street

CrossCountry - Between Edinburgh and Birmingham New St

Northern - Between Carlisle and Newcastle

Customers can travel with Transpennine Express via “any reasonable route”.

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