East Midlands Railway made the announcement in the last few minutes.
EMR said:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train.
‘This has occurred between Liverpool and Manchester disrupting our trains on the Liverpool/Nottingham/Norwich routes.
‘Emergency services are now on site managing the incident.
‘Our trains will be suspended between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly, we are unable to divert via the alternative routes because of a points failure preventing our trains going that way.
‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 60 minutes. As soon as the line is open again, our priority will be to get trains running to their advertised times again. We expect our advertised timetable to resume on the affected routes by 15:00.’
If you are travelling between Liverpool and Nottingham/Onwards
You may use your ticket on alternative West Midlands Railway service between Liverpool and Crewe for connecting EMR services between Crewe and Nottingham. This may extend your journey time by approximately 45-60 minutes.