Major rail disruption between Preston and Blackpool as Bomb Squad called in
Frustrated passengers and shoppers wait for news outside the station and the nearby Sainsbury's store.
A bomb disposal robot was seen on one of the station’s platforms and passengers waiting outside the station said they heard a controlled explosion. A statement from Northern said: “Due to a security alert at a station between Blackpool North and Preston all lines are blocked. Services to Blackpool affected are those from Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Airport, Hazel Grove and York.
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