An electricity supply failure is causing major disruption across much of England’s train network this afternoon.
The outage is expected to last until the end of the day and is impacting rail companies in the North West and Greater Manchester area.
National Rail has warned services are delayed by two hours, while others are being cancelled or rescheduled due to a fault at a communications centre in Manchester.
One rail firm said it had to halt its services as trains are ‘unable to run safely’ due to a failure of the communication systems on the network.
Network Rail’s Regional Operating Centre – which houses
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