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    300 passengers stranded on HST after landslide causes ‘major incident’

    Jul 01, 2019 3 minutes
    NETWORK RAIL
    NETWORK RAIL

    AROUND 300 passengers became stranded on an East Midlands Trains HST for hours after a diverted train was engulfed in a landslide, and a rescue train sent to assist was stopped by rising flood waters.

    What turned into a major rescue, involving the emergency services and Network Rail,  occurred on June 13 when the Midland Main Line south from Leicester and an adjacent road were closed after a report

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