Overview

• National Rail confirmed a person was hit by a train between the Potteries and Burton, prompting an emergency response and network closure.
• Trains across the corridor may be cancelled, revised or delayed by up to 60 minutes while emergency services remain at the scene.
• Inrix reported services at a stand on East Midlands Railway between Stoke-on-Trent and Derby and on CrossCountry between Tamworth and Derby.
• CrossCountry is diverting some services via Leicester and has requested buses between Birmingham New Street and Derby, calling at Tamworth and Burton.
• East Midlands Railway arranged rail-replacement buses and published alternative routings with ticket acceptance on Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway between Leicester and Nottingham, and London Northwestern Railway between Nuneaton and Tamworth, plus multi-leg options via Nuneaton or via Stockport and Sheffield.