Trains in and out of Liverpool Lime Street cancelled for DAYS after wall collapses onto line
Tens of thousands of commuters in Liverpool face days of misery after a wall collapsed onto train tracks during rush hour outside Liverpool’s main station.
Rubble was strewn across lines and cables were severely damaged in the incident at around 5.45pm last night between Edge Hill and Liverpool Lime Street, the city’s main rail hub, where express trains from London terminate.
No injuries were reported.
National and local services have been severely hit with train passengers warned not to try to travel by train on Merseyside.
Network Rail have now stated that no trains will go in or out of Lime Street “for several days” as a result of the damage and clean-up operation.
They are advising passengers to check their journeys and plan accordingly.
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A spokesman said: “No trains are running in or out of Liverpool Lime Street station after a section of trackside wall, loaded with concrete and cabins by a third party, collapsed sending rubble across all four lines and taking overhead wires with it.
“Early indications suggest train services will not resume for several days while extensive clear-up and repairs take place to make the location safe.
“More precise forecasts on how long the repairs will take will be made after daybreak tomorrow.”
Passengers affected have already vented their dismay at the cancellations:
the wall collapsing at lime street station is not what I need this week tbh ????
— carris (@carrisbooth) March 1, 2017
Woke up to the news that the wall has fallen down at Lime Street Station so it looks like I’m not going home this weekend… ????
— Melissa (@Melissasaur96) March 1, 2017
Well, of course on the first day in ages that I was planning to go into Liverpool by train, a wall collapse has closed Lime Street Station.
— John Fidler (@johnfidler) March 1, 2017
First day on the job and the walls collapsed at lime street station… I’m destined to be unemployed
— Ruth Alexander (@ruthalexander_) March 1, 2017
Four trains were blocked as a result of the trackside wall collapse after it was loaded with concrete and cabins.
Simon Evans, from Network Rail, said: “It was extremely wet yesterday as there was a lot of rain and we’ve established that the person who occupies the property on the other side of the wall appears to have put a lot of concrete and cabins on top of this wall.
“At this stage it’s unclear as to why it collapsed but it does appear that may have had something to do with it.”
Lime Street handles more than 15 million passenger journeys each year.
Top pic: PA