The line between Wakefield and Doncaster is currently closed as the electricity supply has been turned off.
Northern Powergrid is currently attending to a site near the railway to repair a pole that carries electricity wires across the railway.
It is hoped that the railway will be reopened later today, but David Horne, MD of LNER, says that 10 Leeds – London trains will be cancelled in each direction this morning.
The Edinburgh – London services via York are not affected by this disruption.
Rail replacement buses are in operation conveying Northern and London North Eastern Railway passengers between Wakefield Westgate and Doncaster.
Trains can run between Wakefield Kirkgate and Doncaster but may cause a delay of up to 15 minutes.
LNER has ticket acceptance in place with CrossCountry (between York / Leeds and Leeds / Wakefield Westgate), Northern (but may be affected) and TransPennine Express.
Northern says that trains will be cancelled until 6 pm today between Doncaster and Leeds or will start from Wakefield Westgate.
They say passengers can use other services that will serve smaller stations, please check with the operator.
Please check National Rail Enquiries for the latest travel advice.
Apologies for disruption if you are planning to travel on our LNER Leeds-London King’s Cross services this morning. Due to damage to a Northern Power Grid pole carrying electricity cables which cross over the railway near Adwick, the line between Wakefield Westgate and Doncaster is closed.
David Horne
Responses
Looks like one of the poles has snapped and needs replacing.
Its got a poorly knee! Reminds me of an old H D Wells film? Day of triffids or something? Hope nothing intercepts our Voyager space craft now more than 20 billion miles out in space! Never know who out there might come here for a looksee?? I’ll be in bomb shelter with 500 cans of Hobgoblin! sort it out yourselves!
Is that the new ‘K’ type electricity pole?