BREAKING: All trains blocked between Manchester and Leeds - latest updates

Railway passengers are facing disruption this morning after a 'safety inspection' halted trains running between Manchester and Leeds.

The inspection is taking place on track in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, TransPennine Express (TPE) said on Sunday (September 17). It means services cannot from Leeds to Manchester Piccadilly or Manchester Victoria stations.

Services have been stopped heading both east-west and west-east. It is not yet known how long the issue will plague the rails, but TPE said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, it 'expects that this will be an ongoing issue throughout the day'.

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"Due to a safety inspection of the track in the Brighouse area, services are unable to run between Manchester Piccadilly [and] Manchester Victoria to Leeds in both directions," TPE said in a tweet.

According to Inrix, a transport monitoring service, the issue is also affecting Grand Central trains, with Northern not running a service on that line today.

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Please be advised that due to a safety inspection of the track in the Brighouse area, services are unable to run between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria to Leeds in both directions. Engineering work is also taking place today in the Huddersfield area and services are unable to divert.

- Road replacement transport has been requested to operate: Manchester Victoria - Leeds, via Dewsbury. Manchester Piccadilly - Huddersfield and Huddersfield - Leeds.

- Please check station information boards or speak to a member of staff for details of pick