{"id":787136,"date":"2026-09-30T06:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787136\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:08:12","slug":"rail-line-blocked-after-train-hits-multiple-deer-at-thetford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787136\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail line blocked after train hits multiple deer at Thetford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The line towards Norwich has been blocked after a train sustained damage from hitting deer near Thetford.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The incident has led to the cancellation and delay of services running through this station, affecting routes between Stansted Airport and Norwich via Cambridge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There is no current estimate for when the line will be reopened.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Trains are unable to run from Ely towards Norwich.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Train engineers, Network Rail response staff and British Transport Police are working to get the line reopened as soon as possible.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Passengers are being warned to expect delays throughout the rest of the evening.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  From Cambridge and Ely, tickets can be used on alternative routes via Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, there are no replacement buses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The line towards Norwich has been blocked after a train sustained damage from hitting deer near Thetford. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}