Overview

• British Transport Police confirm fatalities at St Albans around 9:15am and at Three Bridges around 10:30am, with files to be prepared for the coroner.
• Gatwick Airport rail station is closed to incoming passengers due to overcrowding, with all services at the station suspended.
• No trains are running between Luton and St Albans City or between Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath and Horsham, causing widespread cancellations and long delays.
• Thameslink, Southern, Gatwick Express, East Midlands Railway and Great Western Railway report severe disruption, with ticket acceptance and rail-replacement buses arranged where possible.
• Passengers are urged not to travel and to remain on board if stopped between stations, with disruption expected until at least 3pm.