Northern is advising people against travelling by train in the North West of England this morning due to poor conditions following torrential rain caused by Storm Christoph.

Railway lines in Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria are affected by this Do Not Travel alert.

Lines south of Manchester are still running with some exceptions due to the weather.

Flooding is also affecting roads, meaning rail replacement buses are a challenge to organise.

Chris Jackson, Regional Director at Northern, said: “We have worked for the last few days, in conjunction with colleagues from across the industry, to keep our services operating. And, where possible we have supported those services with replacement buses when the flooding meant running trains was impossible.

“Unfortunately, we have had to make the difficult to advise our customers that they should not travel before Thursday 12pm across many of our north west routes. The areas affected are those north of Manchester, Cumbria and Lancashire. Many of our services south of Manchester are still currently planned to run with some exceptions.

“The situation is constantly changing so I urge anyone who needs to make essential journeys over the next few days to allow extra time for travel and to check carefully before setting off.”

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