Disruption through Mitcham Junction expected until 17:00 

Route(s) affected

Southern between Horsham / Dorking / Epsom and London Victoria, and between Sutton and London Bridge

Thameslink between Sutton and St Albans City

Description

A safety inspection on a train at Mitcham Junction means that the line towards London is blocked. As a result of this, trains running through Mitcham Junction may be delayed by up to 40 minutes, cancelled or revised.

Disruption is expected until 17:00.

Customer advice:

No trains can run through Mitcham Junction towards London until further notice.

Southern and Thameslink services which usually run from Sutton towards Central London via Mitcham Junction will be delayed, or revised to run via a different route.

This means there will be no London-bound trains calling at Carshalton, Hackbridge, Mitcham Junction or Mitcham Eastfields.

If you are travelling to or from one of these stations, you will need to use another route.

There also be some further ad hoc service changes and cancellations.

Your ticket will be accepted at no extra cost on:

• Southern and Thameslink mutually on any reasonable alternative route, including Southern services via West Croydon and any available Thameslink services via Wimbledon

• London Buses on all routes between Sutton / Wimbledon and Central London

• South Western Railway services between Dorking, Epsom, Wimbledon, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo

• Southeastern services between Herne Hill and London Victoria, and on any other reasonable route

• London Trams between Wimbledon, Mitcham Junction and the Croydon area, including West Croydon

• London Underground services on any reasonable route, including District line services to / from Wimbledon and Northern line services to / from Morden, as well as routes across central London

Please leave at least 20-30 minutes of extra time to complete your journey.

Planning your journey:

You can see the live departure boards, and view a live map of the network.

You can also view 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.

You can use the Southern app to find up-to-date information.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

A fault was reported on a Thameslink train on the London-bound line at Mitcham Junction. It has since been found that this was caused by an umbrella on the track, which then got caught in the equipment on the underside of the train.

Response teams are removing this now, and will reopen the railway as soon as as they can, and then restore the timetable.

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.