We're sad to inform you that a person was hit by a train, earlier today, between Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds. This has caused the closure of the line, earlier this evening.
Further disruption is being caused after lightening struck the signalling system near Thurston, damaging the signalling system. Services are currently unable to run between Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds.
Routes affected;
- Ipswich - Cambridge via Newmarket
- Ipswich- Peterborough via Ely
Alternative Travel Options
Travelling between Ipswich / Stowmarket and Cambridge / Peterborough Travelling between Cambridge / Ely and Peterborough Travelling between Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds
- Travel on Greater Anglia services between Ipswich and Norwich, where you can change for Greater Anglia and East Midlands Railway services to Ely and Peterborough.
- Travel on CrossCountry services between Cambridge and Peterborough via Ely
- Travel on East Midlands Railway services between Ely and Peterborough
- Travel on Great Northern and Thameslink services between Cambridge and Stevenage, where you can change for services to Peterborough.
We are attempting to arrange replacement buses. We will update this space as soon as we can provide more information.
Greater Anglia and Network Rail are sorry if your journey has been affected by this disruption.
- Advance purchase tickets holders will be allowed to travel on earlier or later trains.
- Check your next train and alternative options using our new live map
- Specific train service alterations are available on our JourneyCheck.
- Delayed by 15 minutes or more? Claim with Delay Repay.
An explanation of the common causes of delays - and what we're doing to reduce their frequency and impact can be found on the Network Rail website.