Commuters and travelers in the northwest of England were hit with major travel disruption Friday after a car plunged from a bridge onto the main rail line between Manchester and Liverpool, one of the country's busiest.

Disruption between Manchester Victoria and Chester/Liverpool Lime Street via Newton le Willows today is due to a vehicle on the tracks. The line is expected to be closed for most of the day whilst Network Rail work to remove and repair the wires and tracks. We apologise for… pic.twitter.com/aZSudNkG2Z

Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail track - Affected train services include Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales

Services between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport are affected following a car landing on the train tracks below after crashing at a roundabout. All railway lines between Newton-le-Willows

A man has been arrested for drink-driving after his car ended up on it's roof on a main train line in Salford causing damage to the tracks and overhead lines | ITV News Granada

The Liverpool to Manchester line reopened late last night after a car driven onto the tracks by a suspected drink driver was removed. Dramatic images from the scene showed the vehicle on its roof and surrounded by debris on the tracks in Salford yesterday,

Footage shows the aftermath following a car crash on Regent Road in Salford, where a car crashed and landed on the railway track underneath a pedestrian walkway. The car was left completely upside down with car parts thrown across the tracks.

Passengers were warned of the delays by Network Rail, stating: "We are sorry to passengers travelling between Liverpool and Manchester today. Due to a police incident overnight in