Engineers working to reopen railway after lorry crashes into bridge in Carlisle

Engineers are working to reopen the railway after a lorry crashed into a bridge.

The crash on Tyne Street in Carlisle dislodged some of the brickwork above the railway lines.

Network Rail engineers are on-site and are working to resolve the issue.

Disruption is expected until 4pm.

Services between Appleby and Carlisle and Hexham and Carlisle are currently unable to run in both directions

Have you read?

• Tribute to grandmother killed in West Cumbrian crash
• Man in 40s dies after Carlisle incident – four arrested for murder
• Cockermouth GP surgery in special measures
• 62-year-old arrested in connection with religious hate crime in West Cumbria
• Search for witness to ‘suspicious incident’ in Barrow