New episode of The Railway 24/7 shows Storm Ciara chaos at TransPennine Express

The next installment of the series tomorrow shows the storm in February this year blocking lines and stranding customers, with 80-mile-an hour winds battering the railway, flooding and trees falling down on the tracks across the North.

Liz Collins, interim managing director at TransPennine Express, said: “The reaction to the series so far has been fantastic to see and we’re excited to give our customers and regular commuters a further insight into the inner workings behind our operation in episode two.

“Storm Ciara was dubbed ‘storm of the century’ and it certainly brought chaos to the TransPennine network, so I’m sure viewers will be interested to see how it impacted us and how we dealt with the crisis.”

In Hull, the station supervisor has the challenge of "putting 20 trains to bed" at the station – but in the right order, so that they can run smoothly out of the station in the morning. He needs to work out his plan while also dealing with late-night passengers who seem reluctant to take the last train home.

The episode will also show thousands of football fans swamping the network, and one conductor has a crowd of Scunthorpe fans on her service.

The second episode of The Railway 24/7, made by Blast! Films, will be aired tomorrow at 9pm on Channel 5.