Greater Anglia is warning passengers of delays due to a broken down freight train this morning.

Disruption is expected until further notice, with a thunderbird locomotive heading from Ipswich to rescue to the broken down train.

A limited rail replacement bus service is in operation, but some lines are blocked due to the train blocking the junction between Stowmarket and Diss, where the railway branches off towards Bury St Edmunds.

Services on the London Liverpool Street to Norwich, Ipswich to Cambridge and Ipswich to Peterborough routes are subject to disruption.

A Greater Anglia spokesperson said “Due to a Freight Train having broken down over a set of points between Stowmarket and Diss, where the line branches off towards Bury St Edmunds, services are subject to disruption.

“The Freight company and Network Rail have found a suitable Locomotive that has run up to the train and is in the process of attaching to it and providing power, in order to rescue it and move it away from the passenger lines. The Locomotive is currently running from Ipswich towards the broken down train.”