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Two Arrested After Multiple People Stabbed on LNER Train Stopped at Huntingdon

Rail services through Huntingdon are suspended during a police investigation.

Overview

  • British Transport Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary responded after a 7.39pm report of stabbings on a northbound service between Stevenage and Peterborough.
  • Armed officers halted the train at Huntingdon, where two men were detained, and several victims were taken to hospital.
  • Huntingdon station is closed with all lines blocked, and the A1307 approaching the town centre is shut.
  • LNER issued a Do Not Travel notice with major disruption expected across the route and no Thameslink calls at Huntingdon.
  • Authorities have not released casualty numbers, injury details or a motive, and ask witnesses to quote incident 495 of 1 November when sharing information.