East Midlands Railway said at 12:37 pm on Sunday 13 October that a section of the line has been closed.
East Midlands Railway | 14:30 pm
‘Our lines are now open again between Kettering and Leicester.
Please be aware whilst we are working hard towards running our advertised timetable there may be last-minute alterations and cancellations.
Please continue to check your journey before you travel: https://nationalrail.co.uk
East Midlands Railway | 13:33 pm
‘We have requested for rail replacement buses to run between Kettering, Market Harborough and Leicester.’
East Midlands Railway | 13:29 pm
‘Line closed between Kettering and Leicester. Some of our services may not be able to call at Market Harborough.
‘We are currently looking at alternative arrangements to keep you on the move. Please remember that this can take time and be assured that our team are working tirelessly to arrange this as quickly as possible for you. We appreciate your patience whilst we do this.’
East Midlands Railway | 12:27 pm
The operator said:
‘The emergency services are dealing with an incident near the railway.
‘This is currently disrupting our trains on the London St Pancras/ Nottingham/ Sheffield route.
‘Network Rail and Emergency Services are making their way to investigate the situation. At this time we do not have an estimated time that they are due to arrive on site.’
‘Trains running through the area in the Market Harborough direction cannot run between Loughborough and Market Harborough.
‘Trains running through the area in the Leicester direction cannot run between Market Harborough and Loughborough.
‘At present we are expecting the problem to be fixed in the next 2 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 14:30.’
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