People were trapped on a broken down train for two-and-a-half hours.
The train came to a stop '150m away from' Manchester Piccadilly at around 9am. It led to delays to other services.
It left Crewe at 7.13am this morning (Monday), bound for Liverpool.
One person reportedly fainted before the service stopped. Many were forced to stand because there were too many passengers for the number of seats.
According to those on the train, it lost power before coming to a stop.
Engineers were sent to try and fix the problem.
At around 11.30am, passengers were allowed off the train after another pulled up next to it.
The broken down train caused delays to other services running from Manchester Piccadilly.
While it was stuck, Andrew Tomlinson, who hopped on at Wilmslow at 8.42am, said: "It is stuck 150m away from Piccadilly. "I have been [on the train] for nearly three-and-a-half hours. "There are plenty of people standing. I heard somebody collapsed. "They have said it has lost power.
"I am definitely late for work. My work place is understanding, I feel for some people."
Passengers were allowed off the train at around 11.30am (Image: @tomo_mcfc)
Tyla Daniels, who got on the train at Gatley, said: "Someone fainted, then our train ran out of power. "We're literally just in line with the Etihad Stadium, so not far at all from Piccadilly. "The extra train came, which was meant to save us and push us back into the station, but they had troubles with that so now they are trying something else."
A statement on the National Rail website read: "A broken down train near Manchester Piccadilly is causing disruption to journeys through the station.
"Services may be cancelled, delayed or diverted. "We anticipate disruption will continue until 2pm."
A spokesman for Northern said: “Just before 9am this morning, the 7.13am Crewe to Liverpool Lime Street service reported a loss of power outside Manchester. "We anticipate disruption will continue until 2pm."
A spokesman for Northern said: “Just before 9am this morning, the 7.13am Crewe to Liverpool Lime Street service reported a loss of power outside Manchester.
We are sincerely sorry for those customer impacted. "We had a team of people on-board and in conjunction with Network Rail, we were able to remove the customers off the stranded train late morning and taken to Manchester Piccadilly.
“As a result of this power failure, the continued impact of Storm Ciara and an incident involving emergency services this morning, there will be significant delays and cancellations in the area for much of today.”
