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19/12/2023

The emergency services are dealing with an incident between London St Pancras International and Luton, to allow them to carry out their work all lines will be blocked. Trains running between these stations may be cancelled, severely delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised.

Major disruption is expected until 11:00.

Customer advice

East Midlands Railway

How does this affect my train?

Trains running through the area in both directions will be unable to run between London St Pancras International and Luton Airport Parkway.

At present East Midlands Railway are expecting the line to re-open in the next 2 hours. As soon as the line is open again, the priority will be to get trains running to their advertised times again.

Thameslink

Thameslink unable to run a service between Hendon and Bedford until further notice, your journey will be heavily disrupted this morning and very limited alternative travel options are available.

  • Gatwick Airport to Bedford services are suspended
  • Rainham to Luton services will start and terminate at Kentish Town where possible
  • St Albans to Sutton services will not run
  • Brighton to Bedford services will not run beyond Hendon

You're able to use your ticket with London Underground via all reasonable routes.

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.

Affected operators
East Midlands Railway, Thameslink
Nationalrail link
Last updated: 19/12/23 - 07:45