East Midlands Railway has announced the news this evening.
East Midlands Railway said at 6 pm on Tuesday 9 July:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train. This has occurred between Norwich and Ely and is disrupting our trains on the Norwich/Nottingham/Liverpool Lime Street route
‘Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident. They are expected to arrive at 18:45.
‘Trains will be unable to run in both directions, until the line reopens
At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 2 hours.
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‘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 20:00.’
