The emergency services are dealing with an incident between Sunderland and Newcastle, to allow them to carry out their work all lines are blocked. Trains running between these stations may be cancelled or diverted. Disruption is expected until 11:00.

Customer advice:

Where possible services will be diverted via Darlington and Durham and will not call at Heworth, Sunderland, Seaham, Horden, Hartlepool, Seaton Carew, Billingham and Stockton.

Customers may use their tickets at no additional cost onboard the following services via any reasonable route:

• LNER
• Northern
• TransPennine Express
• Tyne & Wear Metro

Rail replacement transport has been requested to operate. Further details will follow once confirmed.

Check before you travel:

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

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility information, please use this page.

You can find the location of your replacement bus by checking station signs or by searching for your station on our station information pages.

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.