A person has been hit by a train affecting Nottingham rail services

East Midlands Railway announced the incident at 10:04 am on Friday 4 October.

East Midlands Railway said:

‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train between Nottingham and Peterborough.

‘This is disrupting our trains on the Liverpool / Nottingham / Norwich route and the Nottingham / Skegness route.

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‘Trains are currently unable to move through the area.’

‘Trains running through the area between Nottingham and Sleafrod are unable to run in either direction.

‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 2 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 12:00.’

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