Emergency services dealing with an incident between Market Harborough and Loughborough means some lines are closed. As a result, trains running between these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 20 minutes.

Disruption is expected until 14:45.

What has happened? The emergency services are dealing with an incident near the railway. This is currently disrupting our trains on the London St Pancras International / Nottingham / Sheffield route. Network Rail and Emergency Services are on site investigating the situation. You can find out how incidents affect the railway here. How does this affect my train? Trains running through the area in the Market Harborough direction cannot run between Loughborough and Market Harborough. Trains running through the area in the Leicester direction cannot run between Market Harborough and Loughborough.

East Midlands Railway are currently looking to see if they can divert their services around the area. Their services are currently not able to call at Leicester station.

At present East Midlands Railway are expecting the problem to be fixed in the next 2 hours. As soon as the problem is fixed their priority will be to get trains running to their advertised times again. They expect their advertised timetable to resume on the affected routes by 14:45. How do I get where I need to be? You should continue to travel as originally planned however your journey may be delayed by 60 minutes. We are sorry for the delay to your journey today. East Midlands Railway are currently looking at alternative arrangements to keep you on the move. Please remember that this can take time and be assured that our team are working tirelessly to arrange this as quickly as possible for you.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.