Updated at: 13-Nov-2025 21:07:17: PM
Operator: Northern
Routes affected:
Various Northern routes
Twitter Hashtag: NTWeather
Description of Incident
There are yellow and amber weather warnings associated with Storm Claudia in place on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November across parts of England.
The poor weather is expected to cause disruption to services running on various routes across the Northern network. Please check your entire journey in full before you travel.
Current weather related disruptions:
There have been reports of flooding at various locations between Carlisle and Whitehaven. The poor weather has caused multiple signalling faults and a potential landslip. Network Rail engineers are on site.
Trains between Carlisle and Maryport / Whitehaven will be cancelled. You cannot travel by train between Carlisle and Whitehaven in either direction.
Due to adverse road conditions, rail replacement buses will not be provided.
Future service amendments:
On Friday 14 November the following routes will be severely disrupted with trains being revised, cancelled or delayed:
- Hull and Halifax
- Middlesborough and Battersby
- Sheffield and Doncaster (from 16:00 on Friday 14 November, trains will not call at Rotherham Central in either direction)
- Manchester Victoria and Blackburn via Todmorden / Blackburn via Bolton / Headbolt Lane via Wigan Wallgate
- Manchester Oxford Road / Wigan Wallgate and Southport
- Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport / Hadfield / Rose Hill Marple / New Mills Central / Buxton / Chester via Altrincham / Crewe / Stoke-On-Trent
- Blackpool North and Manchester Airport
- Barrow-In-Furness and Carlisle / Lancaster
- Macclesfield and Stoke-On-Trent
- Bradford Forster Square and Ilkley
- Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western
- Leeds and Skipton / Ilkley / Bradford Forster Square
On Friday 14 November some services will terminate and restart at Bradford Interchange. There will be a reduced number of trains calling at Low Moor and Halifax.
Northern advise to avoid travelling if you can. Trains are running, but major disruption is expected. Please check before you travel.
Due to adverse road conditions, rail replacement buses will not be provided.
Ticket easements and acceptance:
Northern train ticket restrictions have been lifted in the affected areas, including advance and peak restrictions, during this disruption. Restrictions will be reinstated once disruption ends.
Additionally, you may use your ticket at no extra cost on Avanti West Coast services between Carlisle and Lancaster in both directions until the end of the day.
Check before you travel:
You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner. Please take note of any Service Updates that may be showing with a warning triangle on your journey.
For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.
You can find the pick-up and set-down location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.
Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.
Compensation:
You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.
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This page created on: 13-Nov-2025 05:55:19: AM