Disruption between Stevenage and London expected until the end of the day 

Route(s) affected

Great Northern between Cambridge / Letchworth Garden City and London Kings Cross, and also between Stevenage / Welwyn Garden City / Finsbury Park and Moorgate

Hull Trains between Beverley / Hull and London Kings Cross

LNER between Aberdeen / Stirling / Edinburgh / Newcastle / Sunderland / Middlesbrough / York / Harrogate / Skipton / Leeds / Hull / Lincoln and London Kings Cross

Lumo between Edinburgh and London Kings Cross

Thameslink between Cambridge and Brighton, between Peterborough and Horsham, and also between Welwyn Garden City and Sevenoaks

Description

A broken rail in the Finsbury Park area means that trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines. As a result, trains between Stevenage and London Kings Cross / Moorgate may be cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Grand Central are no longer affected by this disruption.

Customer advice:

Great Northern / Thameslink

If you are travelling between Moorgate and Hertford North, your journey may take up to 30 minutes longer than usual.

Some trains on the following routes will not run:

• From Peterborough towards Kings Cross

• Between Moorgate and Gordon Hill / Hertford North

Trains which run between Moorgate and Stevenage will still run, calling at Gordon Hil and Hertford North en route.

Trains which usually run between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City/Stevenage will not stop at Harringay or Hornsey in the direction away from London.

If you are travelling from Harringay or Hornsey in the direction towards Stevenage:

Please instead travel to Finsbury Park and change there for trains towards your destination.

If you are travelling to Harringay or Hornsey in the direction away from London:

Please travel on to Alexandra Palace, and change for a return service towards your destination.

Please check journey planners and station information boards before you travel, and allow extra time to reach your destination.

Live departure boards can be found here, and you can check the live map here to see if your journey has been affected.

You can also use the Great Northern app to find up-to-date travel information.

LNER

A reduced service will run to and from London Kings Cross to allow a scheduled timetable to run. This will reduce congestion caused by the 5mph speed restriction in place.

You may use your ticket on Great Northern and Thameslink services between Peterborough and London Kings Cross at no extra cost.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

There is damage to the rail on a set of points in the Finsbury Park area. While this is ongoing, Network Rail have had to put a speed restriction in place along the affected section of the track. Trains can still run at full speed using the remaining lines through the area, but this will reduce to number of trains which can run between London Kings Cross / Moorgate and Finsbury Park.

Your journey may be delayed by this, and some services have been removed to mitigate delays.

Work will need to take place overnight to repair the section of track. Teams are working with track engineers to ensure repairs are planned and completed as quickly as possible. Often, if these works involve the route being closed or a need for complex machinery, they'll need to happen overnight or during a weekend closure. Speed restrictions help prevent any further track damage until this is done.

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.