UPDATE: Disruption has now ended
UPDATE: Lines are now open. Disruption expected until 8 pm
UPDATE: Disruption is now expected until 4 pm
UPDATE: The line has now reopened. Trains are expected to be cancelled, diverted or delayed by up to 60 minutes. Major disruption expected until 3 pm
Train operators are warning passengers of cancellations after a person was hit by a train.
Trains between Bedford and Luton cannot run as emergency services carry out their work.
Major disruption is expected until 1 pm today (30th September).
East Midlands Railway cannot run trains between Bedford and London St Pancras, with ticket acceptance in place with London North Eastern Railway and Avanti West Coast, though they are advising passengers of extending journey times.
Thameslink are advising passengers to delay their journey if they have not started. If passengers have started their journey, Thameslink advises that journeys will take an extra 60 minutes.
Ticket acceptance is in place with London Northwestern Railway, London Underground, East Midlands Railway and Elizabeth Line.
NOTE: For the latest travel advice, please see the National Rail website.
Responses
It will be better for everyone if simple (albeit expensive) rails are put in place on underground and trains to stop accidents and suicides.
Our EMR 15.48 train was cancelled…no explanation, adviced to get 14.59. Suddenly Terminated at Kentish town, had to carry heavy luggage up many stairs over bridge, no lift or escalators, no help, partner nearly collapsed, people with pushchairs & babies, terrible so dangerous. Could have warned us before wouldn’t have bothered, would have got later train.
This shows how certain ‘correct’ decisions (the curtailment of all services) can carry unintended consequences. The widespread speed restrictions imposed after the Hatfield crash led to so many passengers abandoning rail travel that it was believed a number were then involved in road accidents that they wouldn’t have been, had they kept using trains. But there was no data to prove that, so it didn’t matter (apparently).
I hope you’ve now found out WHY this was announced, mainly not to upset PASSENGERS and to let this poor soul’s family know before YOU. Hope you hang your head in shame!