Railway lines have reopened following today’s tragedy but some disruption continues as services try to catch up in weekend already impacted by engineering works.

Train services are back on but many travellers are heavily delayed and struggling to get on packed trains after a death on the line between Preston and Bolton this afternoon.

A person has been confirmed to have died after being in collision with a train in the Chorley area. The incident happened at approximately 1pm and lines were closed as emergency services attended the scene.

It has impacted West Coast mainline services including TransPennine Express between Manchester Airport and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh as well more localised Northern services between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North / Windermere / Barrow-in-Furness. Trains from London to Glasgow were also impacted.

Many travellers trying to leave Euston on Transpennine services are still struggling to board packed trains witha backlog of passengers.

All lines have now reopened. Trains running between Manchester Piccadilly / Victoria and Preston via Bolton may still be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until 5pm.

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.