Trains on line hit by landslip to resume in May

Services to and from Knottingley have been disrupted since last month

Trains running to and from a West Yorkshire town are likely to resume next month after weeks of disruption.

Rail services at Knottingley have been cancelled since 10 March because of a landslip between the town's station and Pontefract Monkhill.

Bus replacement services are currently running on the route.

Operator Northern said trains were expected to be up and running again on the line around 6 May.

The landslip originally closed the entire line between Leeds and Knottingley, which also serves stations in Wakefield, Featherstone, Pontefract and Streethouse.

Trains have since resumed on part of the route between Leeds and Pontefract Monkhill.

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