Barrow line blocked by tree?

[Acathater]

Manchester to Barrow service scheduled to leave Preston around 16.30 held "indefinite delay" with passengers dumped onto following Avanti.
At Lancaster it was announced as delayed due to a tree down on Barrow line . No news re onward travel.
Much confusion at Preston it was originally announced as a platform change 3 - 5 quickly followed by anyone for Lancaster to stay on 3. Looked like they decided to get everyone onto the Avanti and hope things could be sorted at Lancaster

 

[Bletchleyite]

If a RRB is being put on then it'd be from Lancaster, no point running it from Preston. If you sent the unit up it'd be blocking the line at either Lancaster or Carnforth. Sounds like sensible operations to me there.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Northern JourneyCheck (last updated: 18:24:20) reporting the line as now back open...

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Cancellations to services between Lancaster and Barrow-In-Furness

Following a tree blocking the railway between Lancaster and Barrow-In-Furness all lines are now open.

Impact
Train services running through these stations are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled or delayed. Disruption is expected until 19:00 21/01.

Customer Advice
Following disruption caused by a tree blocking the railway, services between Lancaster and Barrow-In-Furness are now returning to normal.

 

[Acathater]

must have been a small tree...