LNER is urging passengers looking to travel today to defer their journeys after the mass stabbing on one of its trains last night (Saturday).
It comes as police have issued an update on the incident.
LNER says passengers booked to be on a train today can defer their travel up to and including 7 November. More information is here.
Two men born in Britain are suspected of carrying out the Huntingdon train knife attack which is not believed to be have been motivated by terrorism, police said this moring.
British Transport Police (BTP) said two people remain in a life-threatening condition following the bloody rampage on a high-speed train on Saturday evening.
Superintendent John Loveless said one suspect is a black British national and the other is a British national of Caribbean descent. Both men, aged 32 and 35, were born in the UK.
The force declared a major incident and said the pair were arrested after the 6.25pm train service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross was stopped at Huntingdon station.
Superintendent John Loveless told reporters at the scene in Huntingdon: “It’s a shocking incident and first and foremost, my thoughts are with the family and friends those who have been affected and those who are injured.
“Approximately 7.42pm yesterday evening, there were calls to the police service in relation to multiple stabbings which took place on board a train service.
“The train departed Doncaster at 6.25pm, and was en route to London King’s Cross Station.
“Officers immediately attended Huntington station alongside paramedics, where armed police officers from Cambridgeshire police boarded the train and arrested two people within eight minutes of the 999 call being made.
“Two men were brought into police custody, where they remain this morning.
“I can tell you that these are: the first male, a 32-year-old male, a black British national and a 35-year-old man, a British national of Caribbean descent, they were both arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
“As stated, they remain this morning in separate police stations for questioning.”
Supt Loveless said 11 people had been treated in hospital and two remained in a “life-threatening condition”, while four had been discharged.
He said: “Ten people were taken to hospital by ambulance and another person self-presented later that evening.
“While nine were initially believed to have life-threatening injuries following assessment and treatment four, thankful to say, have been discharged.
“However, two patients remain in a life-threatening condition.”
Counter-terrorism police had initially supported the operation but the incident was now not being treated as terrorism-related, Sgt Loveless said.
He said: “British Transport Police declared a major incident yesterday,
and counter-terrorism policing were initially supporting our investigation.
“However, at this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident.
“This is a British Transport Police investigation, and we continue to work to establish at pace, the full circumstances and the motivations that have led to this incident.
“At this early stage, it would not be appropriate to speculate on the cause of this incident.”
Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire remains closed but trains will be passing through.
He said passengers could expect to see a “high visibility presence of police officers at stations and on trains throughout today, up and down the transport network.”
He added: “Our officers are there to reassure the public and to address any concerns they may have.”
He thanked the public, who had already “greatly assisted our investigation”, and extended thanks to others working in emergency services, including Cambridgeshire police officers, the East of the East of England Ambulance Service, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, and counter-terrorism officers.
“Finally, I’d like to appeal for anyone that’s watching who has information connected to yesterday’s incident, however big or small you feel that may be, that has not yet spoken to police, to make contact,” he added.
He said people could text British Transport Police on 61016 quoting reference 663.
