A trespass incident in the Outwood area means all lines between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate are blocked. As a result, services may be cancelled, revised, diverted or delayed by up to 60 minutes.
Major disruption is expected until 18:00.
Customer advice:
CrossCountry
You can use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:
- LNER via any reasonable route
- Northern via any reasonable route
LNER
You can use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:
- CrossCountry between York and Leeds
- Northern between York and Leeds
- TransPennine Express between York and Leeds
Northern
Services that run between Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley and between Leeds and Knottingley via Castleford are not affected by this disruption.
You can use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:
- CrossCountry between York / Leeds and Sheffield
- LNER services between York and Leeds
Any ticket restrictions have been lifted during this disruption.
Replacement road transport has been requested to operate between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate. More information will follow once this has been confirmed.
Additional information:
Trains are currently unable to run between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate. For safety reasons the power to the overhead electric wires has been switched off in the affected area.
British Transport Police are now on site.
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.