Leeds train delays: Trains delayed or cancelled after freight train derailed near Carlisle
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Trains between Leeds and Skipton on routes to Carlisle may be cancelled or face delays of up to 45 minutes this morning after a freight train derailed overnight.
Network Rail said carriages carrying cement came off the tracks over the River Petteril near Carlisle shortly after 8pm on Wednesday.
No-one was injured in the incident.
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Hide AdThe railway has been closed in both directions, affecting Northern services on the routes from Carlisle to Newcastle and Morpeth, and from Carlisle to Skipton and Leeds.
Network Rail said there will be “a significant number of unavoidable cancellations over the coming days” as the railway is expected to be “entirely closed to all trains for several days”.
Affected services include:
Leeds - Appleby
Appleby - Carlisle
Newcastle - Wetheral
Wetheral - Carlisle