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A 'major incident' has been declared after a train derailed on the West Coast Mainline. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander told LBC Radio said work would be carried out swiftly to get people off the ...

AVANTI West Coast has released a statement after a train crash in Cumbria. Today, a service running through Cumbria derailed at Shap. This has disrupted trains running across the county.