Emergency measures to repair Harbury Tunnel landslip

Chiltern Railways tonight announced a series of emergency measures to help passengers caught up in the Harbury Tunnel landslip.

A fleet of sixty coaches is being hired to speed up journeys, some fares will be reduced to compensate and more commuter services from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire will run to Marylebone from Monday.

The landslip is expected to take several weeks to repair and is hitting all services from the south coast to The Midlands.

The rail line will remain closed while Network Rail specialist engineers assess the landslide – which is still slowly moving – to determine the scale of the problem.

Network Rail has confirmed that it may take several weeks to stabilise the site and remove over 350,000 tonnes of material to ensure the line is safe.