Passengers travelling between London and the UK’s next biggest cities face delays of up to two hours after a person was hit by a train.
The incident occurred this morning on tracks between Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction.
Currently, no trains are stopping at these station. Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern services running through them are delayed by up to two hours.
As that is the main rail route between London and the cities of Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool, it is causing major disruption to train services.
Cancellations and delays are expected to continue until 3pm.
An earlier casualty on the tracks, along with leaf fall and faulty trains, caused chaos on the main Overground and Underground lines in London this morning.
While this has mostly cleared, there are still severe delays on the Piccadilly line and minor delays on the Mildmay line.
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Hour-long M5 delays to last until 6pm
Traffic jams were expected until 1pm after a crash near Worcester today.
But it’s gone 2pm and there are still hour-long delays on the southbound motorway linking Birmingham with Wales and the South West.
Now National Highways says normal traffic conditions are expect to return by 6pm.
A major railway route is set to close for long blocks of time
How long will Milton Keynes disruption last?
The UK’s busiest intercity rail routes are severely disrupted today after a person was hit by a train between Milton Keynes and Watford.
Cancellations and delays of up to two hours are expected to last until 4pm.
This is affecting the following services:
Avanti West Coast between Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Blackpool North / Preston / Manchester Piccadilly / Liverpool Lime Street / Chester / Holyhead / Crewe / Wrexham General / Wolverhampton / Birmingham New Street and London Euston
London Northwestern Railway between Crewe / Birmingham New Street / Coventry / Northampton / Milton Keynes Central / Bletchley and London Euston
Tube passengers’ Piccadilly woes are coming to an end
M5 partially closed with 50-minute delays after crash in Worcestershire
An image of the aftermath captured by traffic cameras on the M5 (Picture: Highways England)
Drivers face 50-minute delays on one of the main routes between Birmingham and the cities of Bristol, Cardiff and Gloucester.
This is after a crash on the M5 southbound at Droitwich between J5 and J6, near Bromsgrove and Worcester, which closed two lanes.
Traffic cameras show a build-up of traffic moving slowly down the two open lanes while a damaged lorry sits next to the central reservation.
Traffic is expected to return to normal around 1pm (Picture: Highways England)
There is a traffic jam with nearly hour-long delays leading up to the scene of the crash (Picture: Highways England)
30-minute delays on Nottingham-London trains after points failure
A points failure at Nottingham is causing delays of up to 30 minutes on several services.
Disruption is expected to last until 2.30pm.
Affected services are:
CrossCountry between Cardiff Central Birmingham New Street and Nottingham
East Midlands Railway between Crewe and Newark Castle, and between Leicetser and Lincoln / Grimsby Town, and between Liverpool Lime Street and Norwich, and between Matlock / Worksop / Skegness / London St Pancras International and Nottingham
Northern between Leeds and Nottingham
Hour-long delays on trains between London and Manchester / Birmingham / Liverpool
A person has sadly been hit by a train between Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction.
No trains are stopping at these stations as a result, and trains due to run through them are delayed by up to an hour. Some have been delayed by two hours, according to Avanti West Coast.
This is the main rail route for trains between London and the UK’s other major cities, including Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool.
Major rail disruption at London stations and Gatwick Airport until the end of today
A signalling fault between London Blackfriars and London St Pancras International means Thameslink can run fewer trains until it is fixed.
This causing cancellations and delays of up to 10 minutes to or from London St Pancras International and West Hampstead.
Other routes may take 30 minutes longer than usual.
Affected services include those between:
Brighton / Three Bridges / Gatwick Airport / East Grinstead and Bedford
Brighton and Cambridge
Horsham and Bedford / Peterborough
Three Bridges and Flitwick / Peterborough
Sevenoaks / Orpington / Rainham and Luton
Sevenoaks and Welwyn Garden City
Orpington / Rainham / Sutton (Surrey) and West Hampstead Thameslink
Sutton (Surrey) and St Albans City
Severe delays continue on the London Overground Mildmay line
A faulty train brought the Mildmay Line ground to a halt between Richmond and Clapham Junction earlier today.
Services are still experiencing severe delays as a result.
The rest of the Overground is running as normal.
M1 crash closes two of three lanes in London
Two of three southbound lanes on the M1 are closed after a crash near Cricklewood, north London.
Drivers face delays of 10 minutes.
Traffic is expected to return to normal by 11am.
Travel delays reported across the Underground
Multiple lines on the London Underground are experiencing minor and severe delays this morning.
The DLR is experiencing severe delays between Woolwich Arsenal and Stratford International due to a faulty train in Canning Town.
The Central Line is experiencing minor delays between Liverpool Street and Epping / Hainault due to an earlier train which was faulty.
The Metropolitan Line is reporting delays between Baker Street and Aldgate due to a faulty train at Liverpool Street.
Severe delays on Piccadilly Line
Those travelling on the Picadilly Line should be aware of the delays (Picture: Getty)
The Piccadilly Line is experiencing severed delays and no service between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge due to ‘damage from leaf fall’.
There’s also no service between Arnos Grove and King’s Cross while emergency services deal with a casualty on the track.
A shortage of trains is causing severe delays on the rest of the line as well.
Delays on Thameslink to last until 11am
Those who commute on the Thameslink are facing delays due to a fault with the signalling system between St Pancras and West Hampstead.
Trains are running roughly ten minutes behind schedule, affecting both services running to and from St Pancras and West Hampstead. National Rail said some trains will be cancelled.
Railway used by millions to face ten years of disruptions
One of Britain’s busiest rail lines will close for weeks at a time beginning in 2026 – and will last ten years.
150 miles of the West Coast main line will have overhead wires replaced in the coming years, along with signal upgrades and track replacement to keep things running smoothly.
Stations affected include Warrington Bank Quay, Wigan, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith and Carlisle.
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