Major disruption at London Bridge expected until 20:30 

Route(s) affected

Southeastern between Ramsgate / Dover Priory / Ashford International / Hastings / Rochester / Gravesend / Dartford / Orpington / London Bridge and London Cannon Street

Thameslink services through London Bridge

Description

A broken down train between at London Bridge means that some lines are blocked. As a result, trains running through this station may be delayed by up to 35 minutes, revised, diverted to alternate London stations or cancelled.

Major disruption is expected until 20:30.

Southeastern customer advice:

What's happened?

A fault on a train at London Bridge means that trains to/from London Cannon Street may be diverted away or cancelled.

How does this affect my journey?

London Cannon Street trains are diverted to London Charing Cross where possible.

Maidstone East line trains diverted from London Charing Cross to London Victoria.

What should I do?

If you can use alternative London terminals to complete your journey (London Charing Cross / London Victoria) please do.

You may use your ticket at no extra cost on:

• Docklands Light Railway via reasonable routes

• Elizabeth line services via reasonable routes

• London Underground between London terminals

• Thameslink and Southern services via reasonable routes

Alternative routes:

For details of alternative routes that may be available to complete your journey, please refer to our Alternative routes during disruption maps.

How can I stay up to date?

You can follow Southeastern on Twitter (X) @SE_Railway or follow the Southeastern WhatsApp channel.

Thameslink customer advice:

If you are travelling towards Deptford from London Bridge you can travel on your normal route, but you will need to allow at least an additional 15 minutes to complete your journey.

If you are travelling towards London Bridge from Deptford you may have to change trains more times than normal.

Please allow at least an additional 20 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.

The following stations will not be served by Thameslink services towards Dartford until further notice:

• Deptford

• Greenwich

• Maze Hill

• Westcombe Park

If you are travelling to or from these stations

You will need to use your ticket on a Southeastern service at Charlton. There will be a train towards your destination. This will take at least an additional 20 minutes to complete your journey.

Can I use my ticket with another operator?

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

• Southeastern services between Deptford and London Bridge

• Elizabeth line between Abbey Wood and Farringdon

Planning your journey:

You can view live departure boards.

You can view a live map of the network.

You can also see an alternative route guide.

If you're travelling in the London area, you can plan journeys on alternative routes by using the TfL Journey Planner.

Our app will also help you plan your journey.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

Services are currently disrupted due to a fault on a train.

Teams are assessing the issue and working to resolve it as quickly and safely as possible.

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.