Urgent repairs to the railway between London St Pancras International and London Blackfriars are causing disruption between these stations. Trains may be delayed by up to 5 minutes. This is expected until 16:30.
Customer advice:
Network rail require to shut the northbound line for approximately 45 minutes to fix a fault. This blockage will start at 15:45 and end around 16:30. While this happens both Northbound and Southbound services will use the Southbound line. This may cause some services to be delayed by up to 5 minutes.
Thameslink will keep you updated with the status of the works.
Can you tell me more about the incident?
In this particular situation the fault has been confirmed as a 'Track Circuit Failure'. This means the signalling system is unable to automatically verify if the next section of track past the affected signal is clear.
The rail network is designed so that if a signal stops working, trains will stop before they reach it. Whilst this issue is ongoing, train crew will stop at the affected signal and contact the signalling centre to confirm their location. At this point the signaller will verbally authorise the driver to continue towards the next signal. This process adds time to every train's journey, which means services can experience short delays.
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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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