Passengers claim they were thrown to the floor after a Northern train hit a stationary train at Manchester Piccadilly.

Witnesses said the train ‘collided’ with the train in front following the bump, just after 7.30am on Friday morning.

Commuters on the 6.58am Chinley to Manchester Piccadilly service said they felt a jolt on board the train and then some were thrown to the floor.

A spokesman for Network Rail said there have been no reports of any injuries or any significant damage to the two trains.

It is understood the Northern train was taken out of service following the incident.

Alex White, who was travelling on the service from Brinnington, said: “It was all going to plan, the train was actually early for once to Piccadilly.

“The driver was slowing down to come into Piccadilly, there was a massive jolt.

“It threw quite a few people to the ground. One woman fell into me, I managed to help her up.

“There was no announcement to say sorry. The driver managed to interlock with the train in front of him.”

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Another passenger, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: “The train arriving into Piccadilly just collided straight into a stationary train in the station. Wasn’t exactly a small bump, more like a proper collision.

“The driver instantly had his head in his hands and the train was cancelled ‘due to an inspection on the train’.”

Another passenger said: "I was on the train this morning, 7.02am from Marple. With this being a rush hour train it was quite busy with people standing in the aisle.

"Suddenly there was a loud bang and everyone that was stood up went flying, myself included. Luckily I managed to grab on to one of the seats in front (and it was unoccupied!). I’m actually having physio so it’s very fortunate I didn’t hit the floor.

"Shockingly there was no apology whatsoever from the driver – no announcement, nothing. As we got off the train we walked past the driver who was on the train phone. This is just another instance of poor customer service from Northern Rail. I have no idea how this can even happen."

A number of commuters also took to Twitter to blast Northern over the blunder.

One passenger wrote: “I know your service is absolutely abysmal @northernassist but is crashing into another train at Piccadilly just to stop this morning actually necessary? Shocking.”

Another tweeted: “NorthernFail pulling into Manchester Piccadilly station and the driver crashes into the stationary train in front!Not even an apology, the carriage full of people went flying!”

A spokesman for Network Rail said: “A very minor collision took place at low speed.

“There was a train coming into dock at a platform already occupied. The two trains have come into contact with each other.

“There were no injuries to anybody on board and there was no significant damage to the trains.

“Both of the trains belong to Northern.”

A spokesman for Northern said: “Earlier today (Friday 15 June) there was a low speed collision between two Northern services at platform 2 at Manchester Piccadilly which caused damage to the paintwork of both trains. The collision involved a 142 and a 323 and, thankfully, there were no injuries to any customers or staff.”

“The incident is currently being investigated and it would be inappropriate to comment further until this investigation has taken place.”

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