Rail line is closed in bomb alert 12 January 2013 Last updated at 11:29 Part of the railway line in Belfast has been closed and a number of homes have been evacuated due to a bomb alert. Army bomb disposal officers are examining a suspicious object that was found in Donegall Avenue in the south of the city. The road is closed, and part of the Donagall Road has also been sealed off between Empire Street and Roden Street. The train line is closed between Great Victoria Street station and Adelaide halt. Translink said passengers travelling on 10:35 GMT Enterprise train service from Belfast Central to Dublin Connolly will taken to Newry by bus. The alert follows the discovery of a viable pipe bomb close to the same area at about 19:00 GMT on Friday night. Police have appealed for information about the device which was found on the Westlink, close to the footbridge at Roden Street.