LIVE: Train chaos as services halted and passengers from Manchester 'dumped' at station - updates

Passengers have been 'dumped' at a train station with services cancelled amid travel chaos this afternoon (September 8).

Services on the Avanti West Coast line are either delayed or cancelled due to Network Rail reporting overhead wire issues and signalling faults between Watford Junction and Milton Keynes Central.

Pictures on social media have shown huge crowds also building at Euston station, which has been impacted by the delays and cancellations.

One passenger, travelling from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes, claimed a train full of passengers was told to disembark and 'dumped' at Rugby station this afternoon due to Network Rail working on the incident.

This is a breaking incident. Updates to follow.

Ticket acceptance is currently in place with the following:

- Chiltern Railways are conveying passengers between London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street in both directions until further notice.

- London North Eastern Railway are conveying passengers between London Kings Cross and Leeds, as well as London Kings Cross and Edinburgh, in both directions until further notice.

- East Midlands Railway are conveying passengers between St Pancras International and Derby in both directions until further notice.

- West Midlands Railway are conveying passengers between Rugby and London Euston, as well as Stafford and Liverpool Lime Street, and Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street, in both directions until further notice.

- ScotRail are conveying passengers between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central in both directions until further notice.

Customers can claim for compensation for delayed or cancelled trains at https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/help-and-support/delay-repay

Avanti West Coast has urged travellers to