Disruption to Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink services expected until 06:30 on Tuesday 5 December

A shortage of train crew means a reduced service will be running across the Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink network.

Disruption is expected until 06:30 tomorrow.

Customer Advice

A number of late-night and early-morning trains will be cancelled or revised. You may need to travel earlier than usual or travel by an alternative route.

If you are planning to travel this evening, please check journey planners and station information boards in advance and ensure you can complete your journey.

This will affect routes between:

• Horsham and Peterborough
• Brighton / Three Bridges and Bedford
• Brighton and Cambridge

 

North of London

- Between London and Luton / Bedford

There will be delays of roughly 2 hours between trains from London from 01:00 until the first service to Luton at 06:13 and Bedford at 06:36.

Trains from Bedford to London will be disrupted from 21:00 until roughly 02:00.

- Between London and Peterborough

From London St Pancras International to Peterborough, the last train of the evening is expected to be the 21:46 service from Horsham. After this, there will be no trains on this route until the 06:46 train the following morning.

From Peterborough to St Pancras, there will be a three-hour gap between trains from 17:24 until 20:24, after which the remaining evening services are expected to run.

- Between London and Cambridge

From London to Cambridge the last service expected to run will be the 23:24 service from London Kings Cross.

From Cambridge to London the last service expected will be the 22:53 service

 

South of London

- Between London and Three Bridges / Brighton

From Brighton towards London, the last train this evening will be the 23:23 service from Brighton, and the first train in the morning will run at 05:06

From London towards Brighton the last train from London Victoria to Brighton will be at 00:24, and the last train from London Blackfriars will be the 00:58

- Between London and Horsham

From Horsham towards London, the last train will run at 22:21.

From London towards Horsham, the scheduled service is expected to run.

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

• Thameslink, Great Northern, or Southern services on any reasonable route to your destination
• LNER trains between London, Stevenage, and Peterborough
• Greater Anglia trains between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge, and also between London Liverpool Street and Hertford East - roughly a 10-minute walk from Hertford North station.
• London Overground trains between London Liverpool Street and Enfield Town - roughly a 5-minute walk from Enfield Chase station
• London Underground services on any reasonable route

 

Please be aware that using these alternatives will extend your journey time by up to an additional 30 minutes.

For help planning your journey, you can find more alternative route maps on the websites for Southern, Thameslink, and Great Northern. You can check your journey in advance with National Rail Enquiries, and you can check your journey on TfL services (Underground or Overground) on their website here.

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

 

Can you tell me more about the incident?

Due to a lack of train crew, some late-night services across the network have been cancelled this evening. Please make sure you check before leaving to start your journey this evening.

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.