Train hits landslide and derails near Watford Junction

England - A train has hit a landslide near Watford Junction causing it to strike another train and derail.

A man and a woman were injured in the accident at the Hunton Bridge Tunnel.

Emergency services and engineers are on the scenes and trains in and out of London Euston are facing "major disruption".

Another train is being brought in to move the 150 passengers.

A spokesman for London Midland said: "There is a train derailment at Watford Junction - it is the 6.19 service from Milton Keynes to London Euston.

"It happened near the tunnels at Watford Junction station - there are no reports of any injuries."

The landslip was caused by torrential rains, which have prompted an amber flood warning in the East, South and South East of England. 

Network Rail said that although a "small portion" of the train came off the track it "remained upright". Another train travelling in the opposite direction gave it a "glancing blow", it added.

"Passengers are being transferred to continue their journeys," a spokesman said. 

"Initially, all lines of the West Coast main line at this point were blocked but two of the four lines reopened at about 8am and services have resumed."

Some services have been cancelled and the disruption is expected to last throughout the morning.

London MIdland is advising passengers not to travel.

"Our priority is to fully reopen the railway as soon as it is safe to do so. A full investigation into what happened will take place," Martin Frobisher, route managing director for Network Rail, said.

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