Urgent repairs are needed to the track between London Blackfriars and London St Pancras International meaning the line will be closed between midnight tonight and 05:00 tomorrow morning.
Customer Advice
No trains will run between London Blackfriars and London St. Pancras International from midnight tonight until 05:00 on Tuesday morning.
Thameslink are currently working on a plan for their Sutton / Luton, Horsham / Peterborough and Brighton / Bedford services, and will give further details when journey planners have been updated. You can sign up to National Rail Enquiries and set custom travel alerts here.
Thameslink will have ticket acceptance, at no extra cost to yourselves, in place with the following:
- London Buses and London Underground between London Blackfriars and London St. Pancras International / London Kings Cross.
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London Buses between London Blackfriars and East Croydon.
You will be able to plan your route on the TfL planner here.
Your Thameslink ticket will also be accepted on Great Northern and Southern train services.
Your travel time across London will be extended by approximately 30 minutes, please bear this in mind when planning your journey. Alternative route maps can be found here.
Can you tell me more about the incident?
Network Rail have to fix a set of faulty points in the tunnels in the area of London St. Pancras International. They have to do this through the night as any other time will cause large scale disruption to Thameslink services.
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You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner
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Compensation:
You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.
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