22-08-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk

Trains return after Ely freight derailment

RailNews.co.uk -A line blocked by a freight derailment in the East of England has reopened today, after what Network Rail described as 'extensive repair work' to restore 400km of damaged track. It is not yet clear what caused the derailment, on 14 August at about 14.40, when 11 wagons of a 33- wagon container train were derailed just north of Ely on the line to Peterborough.
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