Signalling failure closes Leicestershire railway line

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Class 220 as used on St. Pancras to Sheffield services. // Credit: East Midlands Railway
An East Midlands Railway Class 220 train. // Credit: East Midlands Railway

East Midlands Railway is urging passengers to check before travelling this morning due to major disruption across its Intercity network due to a signalling failure.

The signalling failure has occurred between Trent South Junction and Loughborough station and means all lines are closed.

Network Rail are already on site investigating the issue.

Current estimations are that the problem could be fixed by 10:30 am, but trains are not expected to start running again until 1 pm due to train and crew displacement.

A normal timetable is expected by 3 pm this afternoon.

A number of Intercity services are disrupted/cancelled, including trains between London St Pancras and Nottingham (which cannot run at all), London St Pancras and Sheffield (which will run and make additional calls at Kettering and Market Harborough).

Trains that run from Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln and Grimsby will no longer run between Leicester and Nottingham.

A replacement bus service will run between East Midlands Parkway and Nottingham, with ticket acceptance in place with London North Eastern Railway and Avanti West Coast.

Please visit National Rail for the latest travel advice.

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