{"id":570225,"date":"2025-11-14T16:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570225\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:53:13","slug":"train-chaos-at-manchester-piccadilly-as-fallen-tree-blocks-line-during-storm-claudia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570225\/","title":{"rendered":"Train chaos at Manchester Piccadilly as fallen tree blocks line during Storm Claudia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff are aware of the issue and are working at the scene to resolve it, Northern said<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_JS315204630.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>There is disruption between Manchester Piccadilly and Bredbury<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Storm Claudia is causing disruption at Manchester Piccadilly after a tree blocked a railway line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Services between the station and some lines heading towards Bredbury have been affected after a tree blocked the line <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/storm-claudia-live-updates-weather-32871913\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">as the storm continues to cause chaos across the region.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Northern Trains said staff are aware of the issue and are working at the scene to resolve it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">In an update the rail operator said: &#8220;Due to a tree blocking the railway between Manchester Piccadilly and Bredbury some lines are blocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join the Manchester Evening News <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">WhatsApp<\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> group <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GY77Jy0SeCL8ZFZaNcWsVq\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled, delayed or diverted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Network Rail are aware of the issue and staff are expected on site at 16:30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Alternative travel suggestions: The following services are not impacted by this disruption in both directions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Manchester Piccadilly &#8211; Rose Hill <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/marple\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Marple<\/a> services. Manchester Piccadilly &#8211; Hadfield services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Customers at Belle Vue, Ryder Brow, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/reddish\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddish<\/a> North, Brinnington and Bredbury requires services towards New Mills Central\/Sheffield are advised to travel to Manchester Piccadilly and change for connecting services towards New Mills Central\/Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Customers who require Belle Vue, Ryder Brow, Reddish North, Brinnington and Bredbury are advised to travel to Romiley and change for connecting Northern services which are not impacted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Northern train ticket restrictions have been lifted in the affected areas, including Advance and Peak restrictions, during this disruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;Restrictions will be reinstated once the disruption ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staff are aware of the issue and are working at the scene to resolve it, Northern saidThere is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,7857,1263,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-570225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-trains","13":"tag-transport","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115549099076333324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}