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

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,

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 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.

The driver appears to have escaped relatively unhurt but serious travel problems are predicted for most of the day.