'Crowding issues' and reports of 'disorder' caused Liverpool Lime Street station to close early last night, according to the British Transport Police.
Scenes described as 'shambolic' showed 'hundreds' of people gathered outside the station and The Crown Hotel.
Ben Redwood, 24, from London, was one of the passengers affected by Lime Street's closure. He said: "I was attempting to travel from Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly. I arrived at 11pm with a ticket but was locked outside the station with hundreds of other people."
