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Train derails near York – Major disruption sees many services cancelled

Tue 4 May

York Station. Photograph: YorkMix

Tue 4 May 2021  @ 6:49am
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Transport

A freight train has derailed in the Church Fenton area – causing major problems on the line between York and Leeds.

The derailment happened at 2.43am today (Tuesday).

As a result trains between Leeds and York via Church Fenton will be cancelled or diverted. This is expected for a large part of the day.

  • Pictured: The derailed train near York causing serious problems for travellers

Northern Trains tweeted: “Services through these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 mins. Church Fenton and York wont be served. Disruption is expected until 13:30.”

The first affected service from Leeds was the 06:10 Leeds to York, which terminated at Micklefield.

The first affected service from York is the 07.07 York – Leeds which will start from Micklefield at 07:22 for stations to Leeds. 

Rail replacement buses will run between Leeds and York. These will be operated by R&S Waterson, Elite Minibus Travel, TJ’s Travel Leeds, Shaws of Whitely and York Pullman.

Northern tickets will be valid on Transpennine Express, LNER and CrossCountry services between Leeds, York and Doncaster.

🚆The first affected service from Leeds will be the 06:10 Leeds – York, which will terminate at Micklefield

🚌To help you continue your journey a replacement bus will leave Micklefield at 06:35 and call at York only. This will be operated by Ross Travel and J&B#NorthernUpdates

— Northern 🚆 (@northernassist) May 4, 2021

The services affected:

  • CrossCountry between Plymouth / Bristol Temple Meads / Penzance / Birmingham New Street and Newcastle, between Leeds / Birmingham New Street / Plymouth / Bristol Temple Meads and Edinburgh
  • LNER between Leeds and Aberdeen
  • Northern between Leeds / Hull and York and also between Garforth and Church Fenton
  • TransPennine Express between Manchester Piccadilly and York, between Liverpool Lime Street and Newcastle / Edinburgh and also between Manchester Victoria and York / Redcar Central

Useful links

Find out more from these links

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 bus replacement by checking station signs or by searching for your station on National Rail’s station information pages.

Twitter:

If you would like to follow this incident on Twitter, please use #ChurchFenton

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.

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