East Midlands Railways say the incident happened this morning.
East Midlands Railways said:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train.
‘This has occurred St Pancras and Luton and is disrupting our trains on the Intercity and Connect route.
‘At present emergency services are en-route to manage the incident, they are expected to arrive at 06:45 and Network Rail are already on site assessing the incident.’
‘Trains running through the area in the both cannot run.
‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 2 to 3 hours.
‘As soon as the line is open again, our priority will be to get trains running to their advertised times again. We expect our advertised timetable to resume on the affected routes by 0930.’