Northern Rail has cancelled the majority of it's rail services tonight, urging the public to not travel due to flooding.

Torrential rain due to Storm Christoph has affected many services through Bolton and the rest of the north west today, with Northern Rail now cancelling the majority of its services for the rest of this evening.

They have also warned that this may continue into tomorrow.

The Clitheroe to Manchester via Bolton route was cancelled as well as many more across the region.

Chris Jackson, regional director at Northern, said: “We have worked all day, in conjunction with colleagues from across the industry, to keep our services operating. And, where possible we have supported those services with replacement buses when the flooding meant running trains was impossible.

“Unfortunately the situation is only getting worse and we have had to make the difficult decision to ask our customers not to travel on the Northern rail network in the north west for the rest of today (Wednesday).

“We will continue to work alongside Network Rail throughout the night to prepare for rail services to resume on Thursday morning, but I urge anyone who needs to make essential journeys tomorrow to allow extra time for travel and to check carefully before setting off.”

One user Tweeted Northern asking if tomorrow's trains would be affected with Northern saying the disruption could continue.

They said: "There is a chance that the flooding will affect our network tomorrow."