Lines reopened: major disruption in the Grantham area expected until 15:00 

Route(s) affected

East Midlands Railway between Nottingham and Skegness, and also between Liverpool Lime Street and Norwich

Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Bradford Interchange / Sunderland

Hull Trains between London Kings Cross and Beverley

LNER between London Kings Cross and York / Harrogate / Leeds / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Aberdeen

Lumo between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh

Description

All lines have now reopened following a person being hit by a train earlier today in the Grantham area. Trains in this area will be cancelled, delayed by up to 160 minutes, revised or diverted.

Major disruption is expected until 15:00.

If you've been affected by what happened on the network today, there is always someone to talk to. You can contact the Samaritans on 116 123 from any phone for a confidential chat.

Advice for LNER customers:

Due to todays disruption you may defer your travel to a later LNER service today 4 October or choose to travel on an LNER service tomorrow, Saturday 5 October.

To help complete your journey, you may use your ticket at no extra cost on the following: (Please note some of these train operators may also be impacted by this incident)

• Avanti West Coast between London Euston, Manchester and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh

• CrossCountry between Sheffield, Doncaster / Leeds, York and Newcastle / Edinburgh

• East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International, Leicester and Sheffield

• Greater Anglia between London Liverpool Street, Stevenage and Peterborough

• Grand Central between London Kings Cross and York

• Great Northern and Thameslink between London Kings Cross, Stevenage and Peterborough

• Hull Trains between London Kings Cross and Doncaster

• Northern via any reasonable route

• TransPennine Express between Manchester, Leeds and York / Newcastle

Please see the alternative route map for more details:

https://lner.co.uk/disruptionmapa (via West Coast)

https://www.lner.co.uk/disruptionmapb (via Midland Mainline)

https://lner.co.uk/disruptionmapc (via West Anglia)

http://lner.co.uk/disruptionmapd

Advice for Grand Central customers:

To help complete your journey, you may use your ticket at no extra cost on the following: (Please note some of these train operators may also be impacted by this incident)

• East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Sheffield

• CrossCountry via any reasonable route

• Avanti West Coast between London Euston and Birmingham New Street

• LNER via any reasonable route

Advice for Hull Trains customers:

To help complete your journey, you may use your ticket at no extra cost on the following: (Please note some of these train operators may also be impacted by this incident)

• East Midlands Railway between London Kings Cross and Sheffield in both directions

• LNER between London Kings Cross and Doncaster in both directions, once train services are able to resume

• Northern between Hull and Leeds / Sheffield in both directions

• TransPennine Express between Hull and Leeds, and Doncaster and Sheffield in both directions

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 and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and set-down location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

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.