No trains at Farringdon: major disruption expected until approximately 17:00 

Route(s) affected

Elizabeth line between Shenfield and London Paddington / Heathrow Terminal 5, and also between Abbey Wood and London Paddington / Heathrow Terminal 4 / Maidenhead / Reading

Thameslink between Brighton / Three Bridges and Bedford, between Brighton and Cambridge, between Horsham and Peterborough, between Sevenoaks and Finsbury Park / Welwyn Garden City, between Orpington and West Hamstead Thameslink, between Sutton (Surrey) and St Albans City, and also between Rainham (Kent) and Luton

Description

The emergency services are dealing with an incident at Farringdon. Whilst they complete their work, no trains will stop at this station.

Trains running through Farringdon may also be revised to not run their full route, or to not call at other stations.

Major disruption is expected until 17:00.

A visual disruption map video is now available.

Advice for Elizabeth line customers:

Farringdon and Tottenham Court Road will not be served. Trains may be diverted to London Paddington or London Liverpool Street.

You may use your ticket at no extra cost on:

• London buses via any reasonable route

• London Underground via any reasonable route

• Docklands Light Railway via any reasonable route

• Southeastern between London Terminals and Abbey Wood

• Thameslink between Farringdon and Abbey Wood

• South Western Railway between London Waterloo and Reading

• Great Western Railway between London Paddington and Reading

• Greater Anglia services between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield

• c2c services between London Fenchurch Street and Upminster

• London Overground (Liberty line) services between Romford and Upminster

Advice for Thameslink customers:

If you are travelling on the Thameslink network this morning you are strongly advised to delay travel until later this afternoon.

If you do travel now you will need to allow a minimum of 60 minutes to your journey time as you will need to use an alternative route for at least part of your journey. As all routes on the Thameslink network will be subject to major delays and cancellations.

This is due to Emergency services dealing with a major incident involving multiple agencies in the Farringdon area which means we have had to shut the line between London St Pancras and London Blackfriars.

Until further notice no services will be able to call at Farringdon or City Thameslink. If you are travelling to or from these stations you will need to use local London Underground services or TFL Buses to complete your journey

Thameslink services:

While this incident is ongoing Thameslink services will be amended where possible to the below however services across the Thameslink route will still be subject to cancellations and delays.

• Bedford and Brighton will operate between Brighton and London Blackfriars south of London and between Bedford and London St Pancras International north of London only

• Brighton and Cambridge will not run. You will need to use alternative Great Northern services between London and Cambridge or alternative Gatwick Express or Thameslink services between Brighton and London

• Horsham and Peterborough will run between Finsbury Park and Peterborough and Horsham and London Blackfriars only

• Bedford and Gatwick Airport via Redhill services will not run. You will need to use alternative Southern or Gatwick Express services south of London, and Thameslink services between Bedford and London

• St Albans and Sutton will not run in either direction. You will need to use alternative Southern, South Western Railway or London Underground services to complete your journey.

• Luton and Rainham services will run between Rainham and Dartford only. Please use alternative Southeastern services to complete your journey

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

Ticket acceptance:

To help with your journey today you can use your ticket at no extra cost with:

• Thameslink on any route

• Southern between London, Horsham / Gatwick Airport and Hove

• Gatwick Express between London Victoria and Brighton

• Southeastern on any route (not valid on high speed services)

• South Western Railway between London Waterloo and Wimbledon

• Great Northern between London Kings Cross and Cambridge

• London Buses between London Blackfriars and London St Pancras International

• London Underground services between Chancery Lane and St Pauls, and also between London St Pancras International and Barbican

• Greater Anglia services between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge

• East Midlands Railway between London St Pancras International and Bedford

• London Northwestern Railway services between Milton Keynes and central London, as well as between Bedford and Bletchley, and between St Albans Abbey and Watford Junction for services to/from London Euston

• LNER services between King's Cross and Peterborough.

• Avanti West Coast services between Milton Keynes and Euston

• London Overground services between West Croydon, Clapham Junction and Highbury & Islington (via West Hampstead)

• London Trams for connections between Wimbledon, Mitcham Junction, West Croydon, and East Croydon

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

Unserved Stations

Due to this incident the following station will have no services

• Farringdon

• City Thameslink

• Loughborough Junction

• Tooting

• Haydon Road

• Wimbledon Chase

• South Merton

• Morden South

• St Helier

• Sutton Common

• West Sutton

If you are travelling to or from any of these stations you will need to delay your journey or use an alternative route extending journey times by at least 90 minutes

The following stations will have no Thameslink services but will be served by other Train Companies.

• Herne Hill - Southeastern services to / from London Victoria

• Tulse Hill - Southern services to / from London Victoria and London Bridge

• Streatham - Southern services to / from London Victoria and London Bridge

• Mitcham Eastfield - Southern services to / from London Victoria and Sutton

• Mitcham Junction - Southern services to / from London Victoria and Sutton

• Hackbridge - Southern services to / from London Victoria and Sutton

• Carshalton - Southern services to / from London Victoria and Sutton

• Sutton - Southern services to / from London Victoria and London Bridge

• Wimbledon - South Western services to/ from London Waterloo

• Cambridge - Great Northern services to / from London Kings Cross

• Royston - Great Northern services to / from London Kings Cross

• Ashwell & Morden - Great Northern services to / from London Kings Cross

• Baldock - Great Northern services to / from London Kings Cross

• Letchworth Garden City - Great Northern services to / from London Kings Cross

Planning your journey:

To help you with your journey, you can view the live departure boards and a live map of the network.

You can also see the alternative route guide.

If you're travelling in the London area, you can plan journeys on alternative routes by using the TfL Journey Planner. You can also use the Thameslink app to find up-to-date information.

What is happening?

The emergency services are dealing with a major incident in the Farringdon area.

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.