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Topic: Flooding On The Sheffield/Leeds Line (Read 1196 times)
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Rail services have been suspended and schools shut because of flooding caused by the heavy rain in South Yorkshire (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7199836.stmTrains between Sheffield and Barnsley were cancelled at 0730 GMT because of flooding at Elsecar. Replacement bus services have been provided for passengers. Northern Rail said it did not know how long the disruption would last. Stop The Train update (link below) : http://www.stopthetrain.org.uk/news.cfmThe train service between Barnsley and Sheffield was cancelled at about 7:30 this morning. As things stand it's still not running. Elsecar is in a low area and part of the line is under water, (more like a canal than a railway line!) It's happened before but because the ground is so wet at the moment away there is nowhere for the rain to go now. There has been replacement bus services running but I dont know how often these are running and when the line will re-open. Last time this happened (last June) the line was closed for several days until the water had gone and the ground had become firm enough again to carry the trains over it.
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