The train operator announced the incident this morning.
East Midlands Railway said at 7:20 am on Tuesday 23 July:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train. This has occurred between Lincoln and Newark Castle and is disrupting our trains on the Leicester/ Lincoln / Grimsby and Newark North Gate / Lincoln routes.
‘Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident. They are expected to arrive at 07:35.
‘Trains running through the area in both direction cannot run between Lincoln and Newark Castle.
‘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 10:00.’