Lines reopened: major disruption between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed expected until 18:00 

Route(s) affected

between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed

Description

All lines have reopened following vehicle striking a bridge at Dunbar. As services recovers, trains running between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed may still be severely delayed by up to 70 minutes, cancelled or revised.

Major disruption is expected until 18:00.

Lumo customer advice:

You should continue to travel as planned, however, your journey may be delayed.

TransPennine Express customer advice:

How does this affect my journey?

The following routes may be delayed, revised, or cancelled:

• Edinburgh to Newcastle

• Newcastle to Edinburgh

What should I do?

You should continue to travel as planned, however, your journey will be delayed.

To help you complete your journey, rail replacement transport will be requested to run between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed in both directions.

You can use your tickets at no extra cost on the following services in both directions until 18:00:

• LNER services between Edinburgh and Newcastleuntil

• CrossCountry services between Edinburgh and Newcastle

• Lumo services between Edinburgh and Newcastle

• Northern services between Morpeth and Newcastle

Please be aware that the other operators’ services are also likely to be busy.

Please allow extra time for your journey and check before you travel.

Please see station information posters for the location of rail replacement pick up points and be advised that journey times may be extended by 90 minutes whilst travelling by rail replacement transport.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

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.