East Midlands Railway announced the incident at 9:58 am on Monday 17 February.
EMR said:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train. This has occurred between Bedford and Kettering and is disrupting our trains on the Intercity and Connect routes.
Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident.
‘They are expected to arrive at 10:15.
‘Trains running through the area in both direction cannot operate between Bedford and Kettering.
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‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 3 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 13:00.’
