Person hit by train on Nottingham to Norwich route

EMR announced the incident at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10.

East Midlands Railway said at 3.01pm on Tuesday 10 September:

‘We regret to inform you that a person was hit by a train.

‘This has occurred between Warrington Central and Manchester Oxford Road and is disrupting our trains on the Liverpool Lime Street/Nottingham/Norwich route.

‘Emergency services are on their way to manage the incident. They are expected to arrive at 3.30pm.

‘Trains will not be able to run between Warrington Central and Manchester Oxford Road in either direction until the lines reopen.

‘Some services, where possible, may be diverted and will not call at Liverpool South Parkway, Widnes, Warrington Central,

‘We currently expect the line to reopen within the next 2 hours. Once the line is open again, our priority will be to get trains back to operating at their advertised times. We expect our advertised timetable to resume on the affected routes by 5pm.