There is a fault with the signalling system between Collingham and Newark Castle and North Gate.
Updated 4:35 pm: EMR: ‘Trains now running in both directions.’
East Midlands Railway said at 2 pm Wednesday 21 February:
‘This is disrupting trains on the Newark North Gate/Lincoln Central route,
‘Leicester/Lincoln/Grimsby route and the Crewe/Derby/Newark Castle route.
‘Network Rail have fault teams on their way, they are expected to arrive in the next 30 minutes.
‘Our trains are unable to run:
Lincoln Central and Newark North Gate in both directions
Lincoln Central and Newark Castle in both directions
Nottingham to Newark Castle in both directions.
‘At present we are expecting the problem to be fixed in the next two hours. As soon as the problem is fixed 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 16:00’
