Luton rail disruption expected to last until Friday morning

“I am sorry for the continued disruption to passengers. I know this situation is immensely frustrating and our engineers are working to resume services as quickly as possible.

“We are renewing the signalling equipment which was damaged beyond repair. This equipment is an essential part of how we move trains safely so we need to carry out methodical and meticulous testing overnight to make sure that it is working as it should. If this goes as planned East Midlands Trains will run a full service tomorrow. Unfortunately the level of disruption to the network means that there will be some changes to Thameslink services but we will work with them to get a full service restored as soon as possible."