Overview
- British Transport Police reported two fatalities in Durham, one on Monday evening and another at 7:13am Tuesday.
- Paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service attended both scenes and deployed Hazardous Area Response Team crews.
- Officers said neither case is being treated as suspicious and both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene.
- The Darlington–Newcastle route closed during the emergency response and reopened by midmorning, with disruption easing around midday.
- Some services were cancelled or diverted via Sunderland and National Rail urged passengers to check live updates as residual delays continued.