Disruption to Thameslink services expected from 22:30 this evening until 04:00 on Friday 4 October 

Route(s) affected

Thameslink services

Description

A shortage of train crew means services across the Thameslink network will be disrupted. As a result, trains may be cancelled or revised.

Disruption is expected from 22:30 this evening until 04:00 on Friday 4 October.

Customer Advice

A shortage of available train crew will disrupt a number of Thameslink services tonight and early hours of Friday morning.

This will particularly affect the route between Bedford, Central London and Three Bridges / Brighton, in both directions.

This includes trains via Luton Airport, London St Pancras International and Gatwick Airport.

Southern services will not be impacted but if you are travelling and require connecting trains, please check your journey ahead of travelling.

Alternative public transport routes are very limited overnight, so Thameslink have requested a number of replacement buses, which are currently being confirmed by suppliers. Once supplied they will be advertised on nationalrail.co.uk

These will still only provide limited capacity compared to the trains which usually run.

We recommend you check a journey planner and travel at times when trains are shown to be running.

If you do need to travel by bus, we expect you will need to allow at least 45-60 minutes of extra journey time.

We will provide further updates here, when we can.

Planning your journey:

Live departure boards can be found here.

You can view a live map of the network here.

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

More information to follow.

Can you tell me more?

Thameslink know these cancellations and service changes are inconvenient, and are doing everything to run as many trains as possible. Unfortunately, Thameslink have got a shortage of train drivers today, and this means some trains will be cancelled, so we're letting you know as soon as possible and putting alternative arrangements in place, wherever we can.

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.