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North West Ambulance Service are at the scene

Emergency services have been dispatched following reports of a train derailing in Cumbria.

The reports, which relate to an incident in Shap, Cumbria, has seen North West Ambulance Service 'dispatch resources to the scene' along with other members of the emergency services.

Train firm Avanti West Coast said on social media: “Due to a derailed train between Penrith North Lakes and Oxenholme Lake District, all lines are blocked. We are strongly advising customers not to travel north of Preston today.”

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told LBC Radio said work would be carried out swiftly to get people off the derailed train in Cumbria but there are no reported injuries.

She said: “I have been informed of this incident within the last

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