East Midlands Railway announced the incident at 1:05 pm on Thursday 31 October.
The train operator said:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train.
‘This has occurred between Bedford and Market Harborough and is disrupting our trains on the London St Pancras / Sheffield / Nottingham (Intercity) route and our London St Pancras / Luton Airport Parkway / Corby (Connect) route.
‘Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident. There is currently no expectation on when they will arrive.
‘Trains running through the area are unable to run in either direction between Bedford and Market Harborough.
‘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 15:00.’
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