An incident on the railway is affecting services from Nottingham this morning.
East Midlands Railway said at 6:20 am on Monday 16 March:
‘Line closed between Kettering and Market Harborough
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train. This has occurred between Kettering and Market Harborough and is impacting our trains on the London St Pancras/Nottingham/Sheffield, and London St Pancras/Luton Airport Parkway/Corby routes.
‘Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident. We are currently awaiting an estimated time of arrival.
‘Trains running through the area in both directions may be delayed by up to 90 minutes between Kettering and Market Harborough while the line is closed.
‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 90 minutes. 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 08:00.’
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