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

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 under way. However, a number of services are expected to be disrupted for the entire day.

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.

A driver has been arrested and commuters have suffered major disruption after a car smashed through a railway bridge in Greater Manchester and fell onto the tracks below.

Police said a car crashed overnight at Regent Road roundabout in Salford before landing on tracks beneath, closing railway lines between Newton-le-Willows and Manchester. The crash has also been affecting trains between Wigan North Western and Manchester.

A driver luckily escaped after landing on a railway track in a dramatic collision. All trains have been stopped on the line which runs through Eccles this morning (February 7). It follows a collision in the early hours at the Regent Road roundabout, in Salford. A car was seen landing on its roof on the railway line beneath the roundabout.

A major railway line is closed after a car driven by a suspected drunk-driver crashed on to train tracks. Images from the scene show the vehicle came to a rest upside down and surrounded by debris on tracks in Salford, Greater Manchester, causing major disruption to train services between Manchester and Liverpool on Friday morning.

The incident happened in Salford in the early hours of Friday morning, Network Rail said The main railway line between Liverpool and Manchester will remain closed for most of Friday after a car crashed on to the tracks.