Travel chaos as Manchester trains cancelled and packed out station 'shut down' after flooding

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There was travel chaos on Thursday night (December 5) after lines became blocked due to flooding on the network. Some services to Manchester were cancelled due to flooding between Preston and Bolton.

Northern said trains running between Preston and Bolton were cancelled. It is thought the worst of the flooding hit the railway lines close to Adlington.

Passengers were instead advised to travel via Wigan where possible, with bus replacement services offered instead. As of 8pm, nine services from Manchester Airport had been cancelled, affecting various stops in Manchester and Lancashire. READ MORE Heavy rain hits Manchester with 'act now' flood warnings in place ahead of severe Met Office alert Pictures taken from Oxford Road station showed huge crowds of stranded passengers at the barrier.

One passenger described the scenes as 'chaos', after a string of services were suddenly cancelled. "I got on the train at Piccadilly and it was fine.