Disruption between Barton-on-Humber / Barnetby and Cleethorpes expected until the end of the day 

Route(s) affected

East Midlands Railway between Leicester and Grimsby Town / Cleethorpes, and also between Barton-on-Humber and Cleethorpes

TransPennine Express between Liverpool Lime Street / Sheffield and Cleethorpes

Description

A broken down train at Habrough means that lines are disrupted. As a result, trains running between Barton-on-Humber / Barnetby and Cleethorpes may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 minutes.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

East Midlands Railway customer advice:

The train used to operate on the Barton-on-Humber route has developed a fault and needs repairing. Unfortunately, the fault can not be fixed in time to run a train service this evening.

How does this affect my train?

East Midlands Railway do not have an available train to run on this route. They expect their advertised timetable to resume on the affected routes by tomorrow, Thursday 9 October.

How do I get where I need to be?

You should continue to travel as originally planned, however, your journey may be delayed by up to 60 minutes.

East Midlands Railway team have sourced rail replacement buses to run in place of trains. These have been added to live journey planners.

You can view all of the rail replacement bus stop locations to assist you with your journey.

Buses from Barton-on-Humber calling at all stops to Cleethorpes will depart at:

• 20:05

• 22:05

Buses from Cleethorpes calling at all stops to Barton-on-Humber will depart at:

• 21:07

As it is late in the day the number of connecting trains are limited. If you have already started our journey, East Midlands Railway will make every effort to get you to your destination by rail. If not, they will make alternative arrangements for you. Please speak to a member of our team if you are concerned about your connecting journey.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries 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 set-down 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.