‘Major disruption’ on trains after incident

Routes affected include:

CrossCountry between Plymouth / Birmingham New Street and Edinburgh, and between Plymouth / Reading / Derby and Newcastle.

Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Sunderland.

LNER between London Kings Cross and Sunderland / Newcastle / Berwick-upon-Tweed / Edinburgh / Stirling, and also between Leeds and Aberdeen.

Lumo between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh.

TransPennine Express between Liverpool Lime Street / York and Newcastle, and also between Manchester Airport and Saltburn.