Power surge causes chaos on Merseyrail lines including Southport

A power surge on the network has caused significant disruption to services on Merseyrail’s Northern line. We are still experiencing issues following the incident.

Southport, Ormskirk and Kirkby services are currently starting and terminating at Sandhills.

There are no Northern line services to or from Liverpool Central currently.

Passengers travelling between Liverpool city centre and Liverpool South Parkway can use their Merseyrail tickets on Transport for Wales services from Liverpool Lime Street.

Rail replacement buses are operation from Moorfields and Sandhills and Sandhills and Hunts Cross.

All Wirral line services are running as scheduled.

Passengers are advised to check the Service Update page (using the link above) or our Twitter feed @merseyrail before travelling. 

We apologise to all of our passengers who are affected by this disruption, we are working hard with Network Rail to restore services as soon as possible.