Storm Boelo - disruption to East Midlands Railway services today   

Route(s) affected

Various East Midlands Railway services

Description

Storm Boelo has been named by the Met Office. Amber and yellow weather warnings have been issued across England, covering until the end of the day on Sunday 25 October. East Midlands Railway are experiencing disruption this evening.

Current disruptions on the East Midlands Railway network:

Owing to a power cut in the Thetford area train service is suspended between Ely and Norwich.

Your ticket can be used at no extra cost to travel on Greater Anglia services between Norwich and Ely and between Ely and Peterborough in both directions.

Your ticket can be used at no extra cost to travel on CrossCountry services between Ely and Leicester in both directions. You can travel with EMR services between Leicester and Nottingham.

Your ticket can be used at no extra cost to travel on LNER services between Grantham and Peterborough in both directions.

EMR are also tying to arrange for rail replacement buses to run. Once these are confirmed, they will be advertised in journey planners.

Check before you travel:

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

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

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.