Manchester Piccadilly Train Chaos: Delays & Buses

0:00On April 16th, massive train chaos at Manchester Piccadilly Station today from a busted overhead wire. Services in and out are mostly canceled or running super late, and this mess is expected to drag on until the end of the day. It slams operators like Avanti West Coast, cross-country, East Midlands Railway, Northern, Transpennine Express, and Transport for Wales. Nowhere-grail crews hit the scene quick to sort the tangled wires, but they're saying severe delays stick around all day. National Rail confirms most trains, two or from the station, are off the rails right now. Passengers are fuming with departure boards full of cancellations, and Northern's flat-out telling folks to skip traveling two or from Piccadilly for. Now, staff are out there helping direct people amid the gridlock. Rail replacement buses are rolling between Piccadilly and spots like Stockport run by companies such as Bessway and others. Your tickets were no extra charge on backup trains. Metro-linked trams or B-netword buses around Manchester.

1:01Engineers keep grinding on the fix, so stay glue to operator apps or the national rail site for real-time shifts before you head out.