A
trespass incident in the Outwood area means all lines between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate are blocked. As a result, services may be cancelled, revised, diverted or delayed by up to 60 minutes.
Major disruption is expected until 20:00.
Customer advice:
CrossCountry
You can use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:
- LNER via any reasonable route
- Northern via any reasonable route
- TransPennine Express via any reasonable route
LNER
You can use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:
- CrossCountry between York and Leeds, and also between York and Doncaster
- Northern between York and Leeds, and also between Leeds and Wakefield Kirkgate
- TransPennine Express between York and Leeds
Replacement road transport has been requested to operate between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate.
The following rail replacement transport has been confirmed:
- At 17:00, two buses are expected at Doncaster, one to run directly to Leeds while the other will call at Wakefield Westgate. These will be operated by Ultimate Coaches
Please speak to station staff if you require further assistance.
Northern
Services that run between Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley and between Leeds and Knottingley via Castleford are not affected by this disruption.
Customers travelling between Leeds and Doncaster are advised to travel via York.
You can use your ticket on the following services at no extra cost:
- CrossCountry between York / Leeds and Sheffield
- LNER services between York and Leeds
Any ticket restrictions have been lifted during this disruption.
The following rail replacement transport has been confirmed:
- At 18:30 a coach will depart Leeds calling at all stations to Doncaster. This will be operated by West Yorkshire Travel
Additional information:
Trains are currently unable to run between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate. For safety reasons the power to the overhead electric wires has been switched off in the affected area.
British Transport Police are on site.
