Lines reopen after fatality shuts Euston route, but delays to last all day

Lines between London Euston and Watford Junction have reopened after being suspended earlier following an incident in which a person died, according to [1]. British Transport Police said the death occurred at the scene at around 06:00 BST, according to [1]. Network Rail said lines had reopened but that disruption was expected to continue until 10:00 BST, according to [1]. A National Rail spokesperson said emergency services had "safely completed their work" between Watford Junction and Bushey and that all lines had reopened, but warned that trains running between the stations could still be delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised, according to [1]. Passengers holding tickets with Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern are being permitted to use them on other operators while services recover, and road transport is being provided in some areas, according to [1]. The estate's own instruments flagged this story via an alert describing "major disruption" between Watford Junction and London Euston and Shepherds Bush, expected to last until the end of the day. That framing matches the National Rail material only in part: [1] describes disruption expected to ease by mid-morning following the fatal incident near Bushey, not an all-day closure. The reference to Shepherds Bush in the trigger appears to relate to a separate, pre-planned item — engineering works this weekend — rather than the fatality itself, according to [2]. Those engineering works, detailed in [2], mean no Southern trains will run between Shepherds Bush and Watford Junction after 20:00 on Saturday 8 August until 12:00 on Sunday, and again after 21:00 on Sunday until the end of service. This is planned maintenance affecting the Southern route between East Croydon/Clapham Junction and Watford Junction, unrelated to the incident reported in [1]. Alternative options during the engineering closure include London Overground services between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction at no extra cost, according to [2]. Passengers can also use Southern trains between Clapham Junction and London Victoria, the London Underground between Victoria and Euston, and London Northwestern Railway or London Overground services between Euston and Watford Junction, all at no extra cost, according to [2]. Paper ticket acceptance on London Underground and Overground services will apply after 19:00 on Saturday until 13:00 on Sunday, and after 20:00 on Sunday, according to [2]. It is not established in either source that the fatality-related disruption described in [1] will extend "until the end of the day," as the trigger alert suggested. Wayne should treat that specific claim as unconfirmed; the material at hand points to two distinct events — a fatal incident causing delays expected to clear by late morning, and a separate weekend engineering closure further down the line towards Shepherds Bush. What to watch next: whether National Rail issues an updated timeline beyond the 10:00 BST recovery estimate, and whether the Saturday evening engineering closure between Shepherds Bush and Watford Junction proceeds as scheduled given any lingering effects from the earlier incident.