Rail services continue to be severely disrupted in East Manchester as repairs are carried out after a mains pipe burst last week, flooding the line. The major leak has been stopped, Network Rail have said, but extensive repairs are still being carried out.
The full extent of the flooding was revealed in dramatic drone footage filmed by Network Rail, which showed a section of track completely submerged. Trains have been cancelled over several days in and around Tameside with no services running between Ashburys and Guide Bridge.
Network Rail has issued an update this morning (September 5) showing that extensive repairs continuing to be carried out on a bridge on Bessemer Street, in the Openshaw area between Ashburys and Guide Bridge. United Utilities are also still working on repairs to the mains pipe that caused the flooding, with rail disruption expected to carry on for some time yet.
