Northern has announced that some lines are blocked after a train has derailed just outside Sheffield station.
Disruption is currently expected to last until at least 12 pm on the 9th October 2018. Staff are currently on route to try and resolve the issue.
East Midlands Trains, CrossCountry, Northern and TransPennine Express are all currently experiencing delays, so please check before travelling.
We do not know have any confirmation about the derailment, how it happened etc. However according to the below tweet, there was no one on board:
Quite remarkable train derailment entering platform 1 of Sheffield Railway Station today – @networkrail and their orange army of engineers are however on the case to speedily recover this @northernassist train which appears to have no passengers on board. pic.twitter.com/n4qgUYb7Ef
— Philip Brown (@BrownPhilip) 9 October 2018
Updates
- 19:00 on 9th October 2018: delays expected until 20:30
- 17:00 on 9th October 2018: this incident is still live and as such, train services are still delayed, changed or cancelled. Please check before travelling
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Must be to do with track defects or signalling failure that might of caused the train to derail.