A derailment within the depot between Dartford and London Bridge means all lines are closed. As a result, trains running to and from these stations will be cancelled or diverted via Bexleyheath.

This is expected until 12:00.

Customer Advice

Please avoid travelling if you can this morning, or delay travelling until later today. If you do travel now, then you'll likely need to use an alternative route to complete your journey.

Slade Green, Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Woolwich Arsenal, Charlton, Westcombe Park, Maze Hill, Greenwich and Deptford will not be served. 

A low speed derailment in a depot overnight means that the line is blocked between Dartford and London Bridge. Services are expected to be diverted as a result, but are currently waiting for more information.

Ticket acceptance on alternative routes will be arranged in due course.

You can check if your journey will be affected using live route map here.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

Overnight, an empty train derailed at a low speed whilst entering a depot. This came to a stand blocking the running line, and the power in the area has been turned off as a result, meaning that the line is blocked and no trains can run between Dartford and London Bridge via Greenwich.

Network Rail incident response teams are on site, and there are two re-railing teams en route. We don't have a time-scale yet for how long it'll take to re-rail the train, but will provide further updates as and when we get them.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner

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.