Disruption to Thameslink services between Elephant & Castle and Bromley South expected until 18:00 

Route(s) affected

Between Welwyn Garden City / Finsbury Park / London Blackfriars and Sevenoaks, and between Luton / West Hampstead Thameslink / Kentish Town / London Blackfriars and Orpington

Description

An overhanging tree is blocking the railway line at Bellingham, this means that trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines. As a result of this, Thameslink services running between Elephant & Castle and Bromley South may be delayed or revised to complete only part of their journey.

Disruption is expected until 18:00.

Customer advice:

If you are travelling between Elephant & Castle and Bromley South you may have to change trains more times than normal.

Please allow at least an additional 30 minutes to complete your journey.

Please talk to station staff, look at the information boards or check your journey planner for the most recent information

Can you use your ticket with another operator?

You can travel on the following services at no additional cost:

• Alternative Thameslink services between London Blackfriars and Bromley South

• Southern services between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction

• London Buses between London Bridge and Bromley South

Please be aware that using alternative travel will add at least 30 minutes to your journey depending on the route.

Planning your journey:

For help planning your journey, check live departure boards, view a live network map or see alternative route guides.

If you’re travelling within London, you can use the TfL Journey Planner.

Stay up to date on the move with Thameslink's WhatsApp channel. Live updates are available Monday to Friday, 07:00–21:00.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

There has been a report of a large tree branch overhanging the railway, and this is now causing some delays to services. Your train may be held on approach to the area, or it may need to be terminated before it gets to this part of the network.

Network Rail staff will be attending to remove the obstruction as quickly as they can. Thameslink are closely monitoring progress and will send further updates once the branch has been removed.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail 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.