Has YOUR journey been affected? Email matt.strudwick@dailymail.co.ukSee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy MATT STRUDWICK, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 15:17 BST, 6 August 2026 | Updated: 15:42 BST, 6 August 2026
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 five rail companies in the North West and the Midlands. National Rail has warned of hour-long delays to services, while others are being cancelled or rescheduled due to a fault at a communications centre. The lines affected are: Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway, Northern, TransPennine Express, and Transport for Wales. 'A failure of the electricity supply at a communications centre means trains across the Greater Manchester area, Midlands and North West of England are being disrupted,' National Rail said.'As a result, trains will be cancelled, delayed or revised.'TransPennine Express and Northern passengers are being advised not to travel at all as trains are not able to run on multiple routes. London Northwestern Railway said a power cut at Crewe was causing disruption to some of its services and that 'replacement services have been ordered 'between Crewe and Liverpool Lime Street'. An electricity supply failure is causing major disruption across much of England's train network this afternoonSome passengers caught in the chaos told Sky News that they had been told 'to get taxis' with others stranded at stations for more than 90 minutes. Greater Manchester's Bee Network, the city's integrated transport system, revealed the outage took place at Manchester Rail Operating Centre. A spokesperson said: 'Delays and cancellations are expected on all operator routes across Greater Manchester until the end of today (Thursday 6th August). Rail operators have issued a do not travel notice with travel advice and the latest information on the National Rail website.'Ticket acceptance is in place on all Bee Network buses and Metrolink services across Greater Manchester for rail passengers affected. More information can be found on the TfGM website.'This is a breaking news story. More to follow.
