05.07.13
Hatfield train services to be restarted
Services are set to resume on the Hatfield & Stainforth line from Monday, Network Rail has confirmed.
A landslip of a colliery spoil heap next to the tracks rendered the railway unusable for nearly six months. Engineers had to wait for the material to stop moving before it could be cleared, and only then could set about repairing the track.
Freight and passenger trains will recommence service from 05.00 on Monday July 8. Northern Rail will run an hourly service between Doncaster and Goole, and Doncaster and Scunthorpe. Replacement buses will continue to support these services until the end of July.
First TransPennine Express will recommence its full service from the 8th.
For the full story of the Hatfield repairs, see the June/July edition of RTM.
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