Emergency services called to scene of incident on railway – impacting trains between Chesterfield and Sheffield

Rail passengers will face significant disruption travelling between Chesterfield and Sheffield today – as emergency services respond to an incident on the railway.

There is a trespasser on the railway outside Sheffield Station. This is impacting trains between Chesterfield and Sheffield, on East Midlands Railway’s routes between Liverpool Lime Street/Nottingham/Norwich and London St Pancras/ Sheffield routes.

Emergency services and Network Rail are on site investigating the problem.

If you are travelling on the Intercity route between Chesterfield and Sheffield in both directions, services can run normally, but may be delayed by 60 minutes.If you are travelling on the Liverpool Lime Street/ Nottingham/ Norwich route between Chesterfield and Sheffield, services will be diverted and will not be calling at Sheffield.

Passengers in Derbyshire will face delays this afternoon.placeholder image
Passengers in Derbyshire will face delays this afternoon.

Northern services between Nottingham and Leeds are also being impacted by this incident.

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