Major railway line closed after car crashes onto tracks

The main railway enactment that runs betwixt Manchester and Liverpool volition beryllium closed for astir of the time aft a car crashed onto the tracks.

The accident, which didn’t impact immoderate different vehicles, happened adjacent Regents Road roundabout successful Salford successful the aboriginal hours of this morning.

Network Rail said it caused ‘significant harm to the railway and overhead electrical cables’.

No trains volition beryllium capable to tally connected the Chat Moss line, which connects Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly until the car is removed and the harm is repaired.

Network Rail said the enactment was expected to beryllium closed ‘for the bulk of the day’, the BBC reports.

The car’s operator had been arrested connected suspicion of portion driving, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

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