Manchester travel chaos for rail passengers following 'incident' at London Euston

Mancunians heading to and from London have been stuck on trains following a major signal issue at Euston. Avanti West Coast services heading between Manchester Piccadilly and the capital are affected today (October 15).

All services on Euston lines were stopped this morning due to a signalling issue. Lines have since reopened, but passengers are being warned of huge delays.

A National Rail update says: "Lines have now reopened following a points failure at London Euston. Whilst service recovers, trains running to / from this station may be cancelled or severely delayed by up to 90 minutes.

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"Major disruption is expected to continue until 15:30." Passengers have reportedly been trapped on trains since the failure began.

Lines reopened at around 12.45pm. London Northwestern Railway and London Overground services are also affected.

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National Rail says disruption is expected to end at 4.30pm.

Passengers are now being warned to expect disruption until 4pm following the incident at Euston.

Passengers have been sharing scenes of chaos online this afternoon.

My post #fatalshore glow is fast fading as no trains from Euston :( pic.twitter.com/ZZGtfq4oCP

Utter chaos #euston from MK, got three different underground's due to early terminations to get into London. Avoid a 1.5 hour journey has taken 4 hours pic.twitter.com/qMwarTaVmd

@AvantiWestCoast London Euston right now pic.twitter.com/SenpGqChUe

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