York and Doncaster delays after electricity supply failure

Parts of the East Coast Mainline are closed this afternoon – affecting train travel between York and Doncaster.

The incident was reported at 2.20pm today (February 6) with the entire mainline set to be impacted by the travel delays.

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Major disruption is expected until the end of the day and trains may be severely delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised

“A failure of the electricity supply between Doncaster and York means that the line towards York is blocked. As a result, trains running between these stations may be severely delayed or revised,” said a spokesperson for National Rail at time.

Network Rail engineers are on site and are investigating the issue.

Your ticket can be used at no extra cost on the following services and routes:

• CrossCountry between Doncaster, Leeds, York and Newcastle / Edinburgh
• Grand Central between London Kings Cross and Doncaster / Bradford Interchange / York
• Lumo between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh
• Northern between Doncaster, Leeds, York and Newcastle
• TransPennine Express between Manchester, Leeds and York / Newcastle
• LNER between Doncaster and Leeds
• Northern between Doncaster and Leeds
• TransPennine Express between Leeds and York
• LNER and CrossCountry between York and Newcastle
• TransPennine Express between Newcastle and Edinburgh
• ScotRail between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street from 16:30

You do not need to amend your ticket to use it on these services.