Chester rail and bus stations evacuated over 'security alert' as people 'panic'

Both Chester railway and autobus stations person been evacuated with metropolis centre streets cordoned disconnected by constabulary owed to a 'security alert'.

Chester obstruction and autobus stations person been evacuated implicit a "security alert" forcing constabulary to swarm the metropolis and cordon off the roads.

One eyewitness said determination was "quite a batch of panic" among radical successful the area. It is not wide astatine this signifier what the information alert is.

National Rail confirmed that each obstruction services successful and retired of Chester were halted owed to a "security alert astatine this station" but person sinced reopened. They estimation the disruption to past until 10pm.

An eyewitness told CheshireLive they were told to determination back, pursuing the "security alert", they said: "I was lasting close adjacent to wherever they closed off, was told a occurrence by autobus presumption unit past spoke to antheral constabulary serviceman and was told it wasn't a occurrence and helium couldn’t accidental what it was but it’s large capable for america to beryllium moved back."

National Rail said: "Lines person reopened pursuing a information alert astatine Chester station. Trains whitethorn inactive beryllium cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes oregon revised to not telephone astatine Chester station. Major disruption is expected until 22:00."

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