TRAINS have been delayed while police search for a vulnerable person in the Witham station area.
Some services between London Liverpool Street and Norwich have been cancelled or delayed by around 25 minutes.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: “We were called to the line near Witham station, at around 4.20pm on Thursday, 18 September, following reports of a vulnerable person in the area.
“Our officers are carrying out a search with colleagues from Essex Police.”
A Greater Anglia spokesman said lines fully re-opened at 5.30pm.
Train services have now returned to normal.
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