The vehicle came to a rest upside down on a line in Salford, Greater Manchester, affecting services to Liverpool.

Routes and services around Manchester have been cancelled, diverted or delayed after a dramatic collision resulting in a car on the train tracks during the night.

Car crashes onto Manchester train tracks leaving railway line to Liverpool closed - A number of train services have been affected by the car crash

Travellers are being advised to plan ahead and check before setting out on one of north-west England's key train lines.

A major railway line near Manchester city centre will be closed for most of the day after a car landed on the tracks. Images show the wreckage of a car which landed on its roof on the tracks below the Regent Road roundabout,

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.