Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail track - Affected train services include Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales

A major railway line near Manchester city centre will be closed for most of the day after a car landed on the tracks. Images show the wreckage of a car which landed on its roof on the tracks below the Regent Road roundabout,

A man has been arrested for drink-driving after his car ended up on it's roof on a main train line in Salford causing damage to the tracks and overhead lines | ITV News Granada

Commuters and travelers in the northwest of England were hit with major travel disruption Friday after a car plunged from a bridge onto the main rail line between Manchester and Liverpool, one of the country's busiest.

All-day rail disruption is expected in the north of England after a car crashed onto a railway track in Greater Manchester. The crash caused major damage to the track and cables, with repairs now underway. However, a number of services are expected to be disrupted for the entire day. The motorist survived the crash after the car landed on its roof.

A major railway line is closed after a car driven by a suspected drunk-driver crashed on to train tracks. Images from the scene show the vehicle came to a rest upside down and surrounded by debris on tracks in Salford, Greater Manchester, causing major disruption to train services between Manchester and Liverpool on Friday morning.