Overview

• A fault on a Thameslink service between London Blackfriars and Herne Hill halted all lines near Loughborough Junction shortly before 11 am, stranding three trains outside station platforms.
• Passengers were left without power or air conditioning for up to two hours as temperatures peaked at nearly 34 °C under an amber heat-health alert.
• Thameslink staff from Sussex and Kent worked with British Transport Police and London Fire Brigade to evacuate the trains along the tracks to the nearest platforms.
• A Just Eat delivery driver gained praise for tossing bottles of water to dehydrated travellers through open windows.
• Govia Thameslink Railway warned of severe ongoing disruption to southbound services and advised travellers to seek alternative routes via Southern from Victoria.