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.