Commuters told railway closed after landslip will be closed until June

The landslip, near Hatfield Colliery in South Yorkshire Credit: Glyn Brocklesby

Commuters have been told the railway line destroyed by a landslip in South Yorkshire will not be up and running before June - at the earliest.

Network Rail engineers are beginning to remove spoil from Hatfield colliery, which caused the landslide two weeks ago in Stainforth.

The network's bosses will meet at the site today to plan work which needs to take place now the spoil heap has stopped moving.

But they say the damage is worse than thought - and work could be ongoing for the next four months.