Strange occurrences on the Wakefield Line

[bigmanaiq]

Seems to be a lot of heavy delays and some cancellations on the Wakefield line right now and there’s loads of different reasons being listed on different websites

For example Northern’s X page lists it as a “late running freight train”, RTT lists it as “adverse weather configurations” and the station announcements are calling it an “object caught in the overhead electric wires”, and the PIS screens list it as a “safety inspection on a train” . Furthermore a Newcastle to Reading XC service has just come through Wakefield Westgate at walking pace (when it should be going directly to Doncaster from York, not through Leeds)

Any idea as to what’s actually going on?

 

[43094]

Object caught in the overheads at Wakefield.

 

[endofthetunnel]

The object kept moving around which hasn’t helped.
And there was a late freight train in the area too thanks to a points failure earlier.

 

[1D53]

The XC was stuck in a points failure at Colton preventing it running down to Doncaster, hence it has to divert via Leeds.