The line is closed with between London St Pancras and Bedford.
East Midlands Railway said at 10:26 am on Monday 16 June:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train.
‘This has occurred between London St Pancras and Bedford and is disrupting our trains on the London St Pancras/Nottingham/Sheffield and London St Pancras/Luton Airport Parkway/Corby routes.
‘Emergency services are en-route to manage the incident.
‘Trains are unable to run between London St Pancras and Bedford in both directions.
‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 2 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 1215.’
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