A points failure at Sevenoaks is causing disruption to Thameslink services to / from the station. Trains may be diverted to / from Orpington or revised.
Disruption is expected until the end of the day.
Customer Advice
Due to a points failure at Sevenoaks Thameslink services to Sevenoaks will be diverted to Orpington or terminated short.
If you are travelling to Sevenoaks please travel Orpington and change there for Southeastern services to Sevenoaks.
Can you tell me more about the incident?
Points are movable sections of track, allowing trains to move from one line to another. On some of the busiest lines, over 100 trains will pass over just one set of points every day.
Like signals, points can fail. They might get clogged with debris or ice, the drive mechanism might fail or, in hot weather, they might expand too much. When points do fail, the system goes into 'fail safe' mode.
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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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