East Midlands Railway announced the incident this morning.
EMR said:
‘Line closed between Ely and Peterborough.
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train.
‘This has occurred between Ely and Peterborough and is disrupting our trains on the Norwich/ Nottingham/ Liverpool Lime Street route.
‘Emergency services are on site to manage the incident.’
‘Trains running through the area in the Ely to Peterborough direction are unable to run.
‘Trains running through the area in the Peterborough to Ely direction also unable to run.
‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next three hours. As soon as the line is open again, our priority will be to get trains running to their advertised times again. We expect our advertised timetable to resume on the affected routes by 1430.’
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