Repairs and recovery of derailed freight train in Sheffield to continue over weekend

Network Rail is urging passengers planning on travelling on routes to, from or through Sheffield over the coming days to check before travelling as work to recover a derailed freight train is ongoing.

CrossCountry and TransPennine Express are running a near normal service, and will continue to do so over the weekend, however Northern and East Midlands Railway’s services are still heavily impacted, with bus replacement services running across many routes.

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Network Rail workers have been on site since the early hours of Wednesday morning, when a freight train carrying cement en route from Hope to Dewsbury derailed in Sheffield station.

Matt Rice, Route Director for Network Rail’s North and East Route, said: “We have made progress on site and we’ve begun to remove some of the derailed wagons, which is testament to the hard work of our teams, however there is still a significant amount of work to do. We’re really sorry for the impact this is having on passengers and we’re really grateful for your patience whilst we carry out recovery and repairs.”

Work is now underway to assess the full extent of the damage to railway equipment and work on a plan for repairs. Network Rail has successfully removed all of the wagons which didn’t derail in the incident and yesterday, workers began removing cement from those wagons which did derail, to enable them to be safely lifted and removed by a crane. The cement is being removed by heavy-duty vacuums which are operating from nearby Sheaf Street, meaning one of the two lanes in front of the station is closed.

Work to remove the wagons will continue overnight and into Saturday, at which stage the track repairs can begin. Further updates to follow over the weekend on when services are likely to return to normal.

Passengers who need to travel over the weekend and on Monday are urged to check before travelling via National Rail Enquiries or with their train operator.

Due to the extent of the damage caused and the removal of the derailed freight wagons it is expected that disruption on all routes through Sheffield will be experienced until at least midday on Monday 16th November.

Buses will replace trains between the following locations until at least the end of the day Friday 13th November.

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Sheffield to Meadowhall - buses depart every 15 minutes between these stations

Sheffield to Doncaster - A half hourly bus service calling at all intermediate stations.

Sheffield to Nottingham - All trains replaced by buses.

Sheffield to York (via Pontefract) - All trains replaced by buses.

Northern tickets have been arranged to be accepted on the following services:

Supertram between Rotherham & Sheffield

TransPennine between Sheffield - Meadowhall - Doncaster

CrossCounty between Sheffield - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds, Sheffield - Doncaster and between Sheffield - York

East Midlands Railway between Sheffield & Nottingham.

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