A person in Nottingham has sadly been hit by a train causing travel disruption, according to East Midlands Railways. 

The train reportedly collided with an individual somewhere near Beeston.

The company said on X: ” We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train. This has occurred between Attenborough and Beeston and is disrupting our trains on the following routes; Nottingham/ Derby/ Matlock; London St Pancras/ Nottingham/ Sheffield; Newark Castle/ Derby/ Crewe; Leicester/ Nottingham/ Lincoln/ Grimsby.

“Emergency services are en route to manage the incident. Part of the emergency services are on site but require further assistance. We do not have an estimated time that the additional team will arrive.”

As of yet, the identity of the victim has not been released.

The train service also advised travellers to check if their journey might be disrupted here.

These tragic accidents come amid a busy month of strikes in May, as train drivers  staged a series of protests in their long-running pay dispute, causing travel disruptions during the week of the May bank holiday.

The Aslef union revealed that it has not met with employers or the Government for over a year, accusing ministers of abandoning efforts to resolve the nearly two-year-long dispute.

Aslef also claimed that train drivers have not received a pay increase in five years, with their last pay deals expiring in 2019.

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