Disruption on railways expected after fire on the lines

A signal cable fire on the line at Stevenage has impacted the East Coast mainline, from London to Edinburgh, passing through York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle.

Grand Central, LNER and LUMO services between the North East and London will be subject to major delays and cancellations for the rest of today. 

The fire on the track at Stevenage has now been extinguished, but it has caused damage to the infrastructure in the area, so all lines remain closed.

As a result, trains may be cancelled, severely delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised. Major disruption is expected until the end of the day.

LNER has advised that their customers do not travel today, and instead use their tickets at another time, at no extra cost. 

Which routes have been impacted by the fire? 

• Grand Central between Sunderland / Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross
• Great Northern between Stevenage and Moorgate
• Hull Trains between Beverley / Hull and London Kings Cross
• LNER between Aberdeen / Edinburgh / Newcastle / York / Harrogate / Leeds / Bradford Forster Square / Lincoln and London Kings Cross
• Lumo between Edinburgh and London Kings Cross

𝐋𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.

You may use your LNER ticket on the following services at no extra cost:

• Avanti West Coast between Edinburgh / Manchester and London Euston
• CrossCountry between Edinburgh and Leeds
• East Midlands Railway between Sheffield and London St Pancras International
• Northern between York / Doncaster and Leeds and Sheffield
• TransPennine Express between Manchester and Edinburgh

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬:

You may use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:

•  LNER between Doncaster and Peterborough
• East Midlands Railway between Sheffield and London St Pancras International
• TransPennine Express between Edinburgh and Manchester Piccadilly / York, and also between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield