Northern has issued a "do not travel alert" for part of its rail network and is urging passengers to check for updates before they travel as a combination of weather and staff shortages has led to trains being cancelled.
Northern Railway says there is disruption between Carlisle and Newcastle, Newcastle and Morpeth/Chathill, Carlisle and Nunthorpe, and more severe problems further south in Yorkshire and the North West.
Services were cancelled and amended in the North East and Cumbria this morning, with rail replacement buses in use. Northern says the disruption is due to damage caused by Storms Eunice and Franklin, as well as staff shortages.
