At around 09:00 on 26 September 2025, an LNER service between Middlesbrough and London Kings Cross passed through a sets of points at Grantham South Junction at 56 mph, when the maximum permitted speed was only 25 mph.

At about 12:27 on 26 June 2025, an out-of-service passenger train travelling at 15 mph derailed as it passed over switch diamond points which were in an unsafe position for the direction that the train was travelling.

At around 23:34 on 25 September 2025, a passenger train travelling at 108 mph on the Midland Main Line almost struck a van that had been reversed onto the tracks by railway staff at an access point near to Millbrook, Bedfordshire. At around 23:34 on 25 September 2025, a passenger train travelling at 108 mph on the Midland Main Line almost struck a van that had been reversed onto the tracks by railway staff at an access point near to Millbrook, Bedfordshire.