A power failure in Manchester disrupts rail services across parts of the Midlands, Greater Manchester and the north-west of England. Multiple reports say trains come to a halt, leading to widespread travel disruption on Thursday. The outages affect train operations across several areas rather than a single route, with services stopping as networks lose power and are unable to continue normal operations. Both sources indicate that the incident is part of a broader network disruption and that travel disruption is expected to continue beyond the initial outage. Passengers across the affected regions face delays and cancellations as operators manage suspended services and work to restore power and resume timetable operations. The reports provide consistent information that disruption is ongoing and extends across a wide geographic area that includes the Midlands, Greater Manchester and north-west England. No details are provided in the supplied excerpts about the cause of the power failure, the extent of infrastructure damage, or any injury or safety impact. Additional information is expected to emerge as power restoration and service recovery progress.