Emergency services are attending a serious incident on the East Coast Main Line after a person was hit by a train between Northallerton and York this morning (January 10). 

Police, ambulances and fire engines have been sent to the scene of the incident, which is between the two major locations. 

While the exact location of the incident hasn't been revealed, major disruptions on the East Coast Main Line have been reported, with trains travelling between London and Edinburgh impacted by the incident. 

The incident was first flagged by London North Eastern Railway (LNER), who warned passengers that there would be an impacted service, due to the serious incident. 

It's understood that several police, ambulance and fire service vehicles are at the scene attending to the incident.

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In a statement, LNER said: "#LNERUpdate it is with great sadness that we report that a person has been hit by a train between #York and #Northallerton. Services are subject to delays when passing in the surrounding area."

There are no suggestions that the train involved is an LNER one, but the company has updated its customers on the situation.

They also put out several further messages, which read: 

  • Due to a person being hit by a train, an additional train service has been planned to operate as shown:
  • 10:28 #Edinburgh to #Aberdeen due 13:02.
  • 09:57 #York to #LondonKingsCross due 11:48.
  • 09:00 #Northallerton to #Newcastle due 09:45.
  • 09:46 #Newcastle to #Edinburgh due 11:14.
  • 09:53 #Newcastle to #Edinburgh due 11:20.
  • 09:33 #York to #LondonKingsCross due 11:38.