Hot weather to affect East Midlands Railway services today and on Tuesday 7 July 

Route(s) affected

Various East Midlands Railway routes

Description

The Met Office are advising that temperatures today are expected to be above average for the time of year. Temperatures are expected to exceed 30°C in London and various areas of southern England, and will remain high well into the week.

The forecast weather may cause trains to be disrupted. Heat can cause overhead lines to expand and sag, line-side fires and also rails to buckle.

East Midlands Railway are experiencing some heat related issues affecting some of their train services. This means that some units have had to be removed from service. As a result of this, trains on various routes across the East Midlands Railway network may be cancelled in full or revised.

Check before you travel:

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

Advice for travel today:

How do you get where you need to be?

Please use the online journey planners to check your train before travel today.

East Midlands Railway have relaxed some of their usual ticket restrictions. If you hold an ‘advance ticket’ which is usually valid on a specific train you may use it to travel on any East Midlands Railway trains on this route.

If you have an ‘off-peak’ or ‘super off-peak’ ticket you may use it on board peak time trains on this route today.

If you have a ticket dated for travel today and decide not to travel you may use your ticket to travel tomorrow instead.

Trains are likely to experience extended delays or alterations. You should use alternative routes which will be most comfortable and the quickest way to get where you need to be.

Your ticket can be used at no extra cost to travel via the following alternative routes:

Sheffield:

You may travel to Doncaster with CrossCountry, TransPennine Express or Northern where you should change for a train to London Kings Cross. It is likely to take between 2 and 2.5 hours to complete this journey. LNER, who run the trains between Doncaster and London Kings Cross recommend booking a seat reservation. This can be done up to 5 minutes before the train departs.

Derby / Chesterfield:

You may travel to Birmingham New Street with CrossCountry where you should change for a train to London Euston with London Northwestern Railway or Avanti West Coast. It is likely to take between 2.5 and 3 hours to complete this journey.

Nottingham:

You may travel to Grantham with East Midlands Railway where you should change for a train to London Kings Cross. It is likely to take between 2 and 2.5 hours to complete this journey. LNER, who run the trains between Grantham and London Kings Cross recommend booking a seat reservation. This can be done up to 5 minutes before the train departs

Leicester:

You may travel to Nuneaton with CrossCountry where you should change for a train to London Euston with Avanti West Coast or London Northwestern Railway. It is likely to take 2 hours to complete this journey.

All of these alternative route options are available in the opposite direction too. Don’t worry about your ticket, other train operators know about the disruption to your journey and your ticket can be used at no extra cost on their trains.

Travel advice for Tuesday 7 July:

Heat related issues mean that some East Midlands Railway trains have been removed from service. As a result of this, the following Intercity services will be cancelled tomorrow:

• 06:06 from Kettering to Nottingham

• 07:00 from Sheffield to London St Pancras International

• 08:15 from Melton Mowbray to Kettering

• 08:35 from London St Pancras International to Nottingham

• 10:50 from Nottingham to London St Pancras International

• 11:32 from London St Pancras International to Sheffield

• 14:00 from Sheffield to London St Pancras International

• 14:35 from London St Pancras International to Nottingham

• 16:50 from Nottingham to London St Pancras International

• 17:05 from London St Pancras International to Nottingham

• 19:13 from Nottingham to London St Pancras International

• 19:38 from Kettering to Melton Mowbray

• 21:05 from London St Pancras International to Nottingham

• 21:32 from London St Pancras International to Sheffield

If you have an Advance ticket which is usually valid on this train only then you may use your original ticket at no extra cost on two EMR trains before or after your original train time.

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.