Services


are
being
restored
this
morning
on
the
East
Coast
Main
Line
after
a
section
of
overhead
was
damaged
by
a
train
pantograph
near
Peterborough
last
night.

When
a
pantograph
becomes
tangled
in
the
wires,
a
substantial
section
can
be
dragged
down
before
the
train
can
be
stopped.

All
lines
were
blocked
as
a
result
of
the
incident,
and
Network
Rail
engineers
have
worked
through
the
night
to
repair
the
damage.

Although
the
equipment
has
been
repaired
there
were
warnings
of
possible
disruption
to
early
services
today,
because
some
trains
and
their
crews
could
not
return
to
their
home
depots
and
ended
up
in
the
wrong
places
from
which
to
start
today’s
timetable.

East
Coast
route
director
Paul
Rutter
said:
‘We’re
sorry
for
the
disruption
that
passengers
have
faced
due
to
Thursday’s
dewirement.
Our
teams
have
worked
tirelessly
since
the
incident
to
allow
for
trains
to
operate
safely
again.

‘There
will
be
some
residual
delays
while
the
railway
gets
back
to
normal,
so
we
are
asking
people
to
check
before
they
travel.’

Meanwhile,
no
down
trains
are
calling
at
Market
Harborough
on
the
Midland
Main
Line
today,
after
a
section
of
land
which
was
already
being
watched
started
to
move,
distorting
the
track.

Network
Rail
said
monitoring
had
revealed
that
the
land
‘now
needs
more
intrusive
work
to
stabilise
it’.
Engineers
have
started
remedial
work
which
will
include
installing
soil
nails
to
reinforce
the
land.

Trains
travelling
north
between
Kettering
and
Leicester
are
being
diverted
through
Corby
to
allow
specialist
earthwork
teams
unrestricted
access
to
the
site
at
Braybrooke.
Engineering
work
in
connection
with
electrification
had
already
been
planned
for
the
weekend,
and
so
work
can
also
continue
tomorrow
and
on
Sunday
to
stabilise
the
land
without
any
additional
disruption.

Rail
replacement
buses
are
running
from
Market
Harborough
as
far
as
Leicester,
for
passengers
travelling
north.
Although
southbound
trains
are
continuing
to
call
at
Market
Harborough,
some
are
being
delayed
or
cancelled.