Trains delayed by "rough ride"
TRAIN services on the East Coast mainline were delayed on Thursday morning after reports of a “rough ride” near Northallerton.
Trains were stopped for an hour from about 10am while engineers repacked ballast to stabilise the line at Longlands Junction.
#Northallerton Lines are now open following safety checks being made on the railway.Expect residual delays as services recover.@nationalrail
— Network Rail (@networkrail) August 25, 2016
Services resumed at a low speed around an hour later before normal running was resumed shortly before noon.
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