Train delays continue as engineers fight to secure track after landslide

7th October 2020

Commuters are still being advised to check their provider’s website ahead of travelling to Manchester this morning to see if their trains are running.

It comes after heavy rain caused a landslide inches from the railway line between Southport and Burscough Bridge station two nights ago and work to make the area safe continues .

Constant rainfall has been blamed as the cause for part of the land next to network rail tracks in Burscough to fall away, meaning it was too dangerous to run trains along the line.

This has led to widespread cancellations between services from Southport to Wigan and vice versa in the last 48 hours

Manchester Piccadilly’s Twitter account said this morning: “Our engineers are still working to repair the landslip caused by heavy rain and flooding (forecast again today).

“Lines are closed between Wigan and Southport and buses running.”

Network Rail advise commuters to double check their services are not disrupted this morning.