TransPennine Express, alongside Northern and East Midlands Trains has announced that services along the Buxton and Hope Valley Lines have been suspended due to the ongoing incident at Whaley Bridge.

Some 1,500 residents of the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge and the surrounding area were evacuated from their homes on Thursday after concrete slabs used to form part of the Toddbrook Reservoir Dam spillway partially collapsed. With the Environment Agency issuing a severe flood warning; meaning there is ‘danger to life’.

Due to the extensive Police cordon in place surrounding the reservoir should the dam burst; rail services operated by East Midlands Trains, Northern, and TransPennine Express have been suspended until the end of service on Monday 5th of August 2019 at the earliest.

Train operating companies and National Rail are advising passengers NOT TO TRAVEL unless absolutely necessary.

Advice for passengers

Ticket acceptance and alternative travel arrangements have been made by the operating companies involved.

Please be aware, the information below is correct at the time of publishing; as the situation develops, advice may change.

Please allow extra time to complete your journey and remember to check your journey before you travel for any last-minute alterations.

East Midlands Trains:

The service between Liverpool Lime Street and Sheffield has been SUSPENDED.

• Passengers travelling between Grantham, Peterborough, Ely, and Norwich may use:
  • LNER between Peterborough, Grantham, and Leeds
  • TransPennine Express between Leeds, Manchester stations, Stockport and Liverpool
• Passengers travelling between Norwich, Manchester Piccadilly, and Liverpool may use:
  • Greater Anglia between Norwich and London Liverpool Street
  • London Underground between London Liverpool Street and London Euston
  • Virgin Trains between London Euston, Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly, and Liverpool Lime Street
  • London Northwestern Railway between London Euston, Birmingham New Street, and Liverpool Lime Street
• Passengers travelling between Sheffield and Nottingham may use:
  • CrossCountry between Sheffield, Nottingham, Tamworth, Birmingham, Stockport, and Manchester Piccadilly
  • London North Western Railway between Tamworth, Birmingham, and Crewe
  • Virgin Trains between Birmingham, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly
• Passengers travelling between Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, and Stockport may use:
  • Northern between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly
  • TransPennine Express between Liverpool and Stockport
  • CrossCountry between Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport

Northern:

Due to the extensive cordon in place, Furness Vale, Whaley Bridge, New Mills Newtown, Chapel-en-le Firth, and Dove Hole will have NO SERVICE.

• A rail replacement bus will operate between Buxton and Macclesfield only:
  • Departing Buxton for Macclesfield hourly at xx30
  • Departing Macclesfield for Buxton hourly at xx40
  • Additional services will be provided during the evening peak

There is a normal service between Manchester Piccadilly and Macclesfield.

• A limited rail replacement bus will operate between Hazel Grove and Disley, calling at Middlewood only:
  • Departing Hazel Grove for Disley hourly at xx20
  • Departing Disley for Hazel Grove hourly at xx45
• Passengers travelling between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield may use:
  • Northern TransPennine Express between Manchester stations and Leeds
  • CrossCountry and Northern between Leeds and Sheffield

TransPennine Express:

The service between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield has been SUSPENDED.

• Passengers travelling between Manchester Piccadilly and Cleethorpes may use:
  • Northern TransPennine Express between Manchester stations and Leeds
  • Northern between Leeds and Sheffield
  • A revised timetable will be introduced between Sheffield and Cleethorpes only
• You may use East Midlands Trains, LNER and Northern services via any reasonable route to complete your journey.
• You may use Metrolink between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria.

Please do check before travelling

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