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| Gloucestershire to Wales line closed after derailment | Gloucestershire to Wales line closed after derailment |
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| A railway line between Gloucestershire and Wales is likely to be closed for four days following a derailment. | A railway line between Gloucestershire and Wales is likely to be closed for four days following a derailment. |
| A freight train carrying containers came off the tracks west of Gloucester station at 20:30 BST on Tuesday. | |
| An empty container then came off the wagon and "remains on the railway infrastructure". Nobody was injured in the incident. | |
| The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said it was sending a team to the scene to determine how it happened. | |
| Direct Rail Services, which was running the service, said recovery operations had begun to move the front of the train to a safe position. | |
| 'Not regular search' | |
| The derailment to the rear of the train also caused debris to fall on a nearby road, British Transport Police added. | |
| During the incident, the police helicopter was called to help with the "search for a railway container following a derailment". | |
| The National Police Air Service tweeted it "certainly isn't something we look for on a regular basis". | |
| The container was found. | |
| The derailment is likely to cause problems until the weekend, Network Rail said. | |
| A spokesman said passengers heading towards Wales should travel to Bristol Parkway and change there. | |
| Trains running towards Bristol and London are unaffected by the derailment. | Trains running towards Bristol and London are unaffected by the derailment. |