Commuters stunned as Edinburgh-bound train cancelled “due to war time bomb”

SCOTS commuters were left shocked after having their cross-border train cancelled due to an apparent “war time bomb” near the tracks on the route.

Train passengers in Newcastle were waiting on the 14:35 Edinburgh service last week when the departure was cancelled on screens around the station.

Whilst travellers might have been slightly annoyed at their travel being delayed, it was the reason given that set tongues wagging as boards displayed a unique warning.

The alarm was raised after workmen in Sheffield, South Yorkshire spotted an item just before 11am yesterday which they believed could be a bomb from the Second World War.

A cordon was set up to cover the alleged bomb, and civilians were shepherded away to at least 100 metres from the site.

An army bomb squad found the item not to be explosive and police later removed the cordon allowing for trains to continue between England and Scotland later in the day.

An image shared online shows the fluorescent orange writing on the board at Newcastle station stating that the train had been cancelled “due to a wartime bomb near the railway”.

The traveller shared their dismay at the shocking announcement, writing: “What the hell is going on in Edinburgh, was stood in Newcastle station earlier today and saw this on one of the departure boards.”

Their post received over 150 likes with dozens of comments from social media users who were stunned at the announcement.

One said: “To be fair to the workmen that found the so-called bomb, the area was heavily bombed in World War Two.”

Another added: “I had something similar happen at Ebbw Junction a few years back. It turned out to be a piece of pipe.”

A third replied: “Crazy they are still finding unexploded bombs 80 years later.”

The UK Government believes there are around 100,000 tonnes of unexploded ordnance in the waters around Great Britain mostly as a result of activity in the First and Second World War.