{"id":685205,"date":"2026-07-11T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/685205\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T01:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:00:18","slug":"train-disruption-due-to-hot-weather-across-the-north-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/685205\/","title":{"rendered":"Train disruption due to hot weather across the North West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A number of rail services across the North West have been cancelled or delayed due to hot temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are no Northern Rail trains running from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street or from Manchester Piccadilly to Alderley Edge, among widespread disruption to other services across the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Confirming delays and cancellations, Northern Rail said high temperatures can affect passenger safety by causing issues with overhead lines or causing tracks to buckle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More information on changes specific services can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernrailway.co.uk\/service-updates?tab=network-updates\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Railway website, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are balancing a risk of either an issue with trains or tracks, meaning trains are then stranded,&#8221; Stuart Taylor Northern Rail service delivery director said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;By running a reduced service we minimise the risk of that happening and it enables us to offer a more certain timetable to customers, accepting that it is not to the normal standard we like to deliver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Northern Rail has said it is advising customers to check before they travel, adding that there are &#8220;no planned widespread service reductions over the weekend&#8221; but &#8220;there may be a small number of cancellations&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of rail services across the North West have been cancelled or delayed due to hot temperatures.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-685205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}