Disruption between London St Pancras International and Bedford until the end of the day

A person has been hit by a train between London St Pancras International and Bedford. Whilst emergency services attend the incident, all lines are closed.

Trains running between these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

If you’ve been affected by what happened on the network today, there is always someone to talk to. You can contact the Samaritans on 116 123 from any phone for a confidential chat.

Customer advice

East Midlands Railway

Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident. Emergency services and Network Rail are expected on site by 19:00.

East Midlands Railway are currently looking at alternative arrangements to keep you on the move. Please remember that this can take time and be assured that their team are working tirelessly to arrange this as quickly as possible for you.

Sheffield

You may travel to Doncaster where you should change for a train to London Kings Cross. It is likely to take between 2 and 2.5 hours to complete this journey. LNER, who run the trains between Doncaster and London Kings Cross recommend booking a seat reservation. This can be done up to 5 minutes before the train departs at lner.co.uk/travel-information/make-a-reservation/ Visit eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travelling-via-kings-cross for lots of useful information about what to expect when travelling via London Kings Cross.

Nottingham

You may travel to Grantham where you should change for a train to London Kings Cross. It is likely to take between 2 and 2.5 hours to complete this journey. LNER, who run the trains between Grantham and London Kings Cross recommend booking a seat reservation. This can be done up to 5 minutes before the train departs at lner.co.uk/travel-information/make-a-reservation/ Visit eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travelling-via-kings-cross for lots of useful information about what to expect when travelling via London Kings Cross.

Thameslink

Trains which run between London and St Albans, Luton, and Bedford will be disrupted.

Your journey will take at least 45 minutes longer than usual, and you may need to use an alternative route or change to a different train to reach your destination.

You can use your tickets to travel at no extra cost on:

• Thameslink, Southern, or Great Northern services on any reasonable route towards your destinatio
• London Underground services on any reasonable route
• London Buses routes including:
• Routes 63 between Kings Cross underground station and London Blackfriars via Farringdon and City Thameslink Routes 46 between Kings Cross to City Thameslink Route 316 between Brent Cross West and Cricklewood via Cricklewood Lane a roughly 7-minute bus journey
• Route 83: Towards Glacier Way – between Hendon station and Wembley Park underground station for Jubilee and Metropolitan line connections and Wembley Central (roughly 32-minute journey) for National Rail services Towards Golders Green Station - between Hendon station and Hendon Central (roughly a 5-minute journey) for London Underground Northern line services
• Route 114: Towards Ruislip Station – between Mill Hill Broadway stop B and Burnt Oak station (a roughly 5-minute journey) for connecting to the London Underground Northern line
• Route 303: Towards Kingsbury Circle – between Mill Hill Broadway stop B and Colindale station, (a roughly 15-minute journey) for connecting to London Underground Northern line
• Route 107 Towards Edgeware Station – between Elstree & Borehamwood and Edgware station, for connecting to the London Underground Northern line Towards New Barnet station – between Elstree & Borehamwood and New Barnet, for connecting to Great Northern services
• Arriva Buses routes including: Route A between Luton Airport, Luton Airport Parkway (Kimpton Road) and Luton town 27/28/23 between Leagrave station and Luton Town 755 / 757 between Luton and London Victoria 300 between Hemel Hempstead, St Albans Abbey, and Welwyn Garden City 321 between Luton and St Albans via Harpenden and onto Watford Junction: and betwee between Elstree & Borehamwood, St Albans, and Harpenden  
• 724 between Hertford North and St Albans (for Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, and Watford Junction)
• 100 / 101 between Stevenage, Hitchin, and Luton
• 301 & 302 between Hatfield and St Albans
• Uno Buses routes including: Route 601 between Welwyn Garden City and Radlett (for Hatfield and St Albans City) 602 between Hatfield, St Albans, and Radlett 653 between St Albans, Hatfield, and Welwyn Garden City  

For help planning your journey, you can find the alternative route maps on the website here, and to plan your journey on TfL services, you can use their website here

Before travelling, please check journey planners and station information boards, and allow extra time to reach your destination.

Check our live map here to see if your journey has been affected.

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.