The line is closed between London St Pancras and Luton.
East Midlands Railway said at 12:11 pm on Wednesday 14 October:
‘We are sad to report that a person has been hit by a train. This has occurred between London St Pancras and Luton 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 running through the area in the both directions will not be able to run.
‘At present we are expecting the line to re-open in the next 90 minutes. 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 14:00.’
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