Engineering works this weekend means changes to train services

Passengers are being advised to check before they travel this weekend as Network Rail is carrying out engineering work between London Victoria and Selhurst on 14th and 15th November, closing some lines.

As a result, all weekend, a reduced service will run to and from London Victoria with some services being amended to start from/terminate at London Bridge. Replacement buses will also run between Balham and East Croydon.

Only three trains per hour instead of the usual 22 will operate from Victoria all day on Sunday which means that trains are expected to be extremely busy. Passengers are advised to use London Bridge if possible.

Gatwick Express services will not run at the weekend, so passengers are advised to travel on Southern services.

Saturday/Sunday and Sunday/Monday overnight train services will be diverted into London Bridge with a replacement bus service operating between London Victoria and London Bridge, London Victoria and Clapham Junction, Clapham Junction and East Croydon.

On Sunday, a reduced train service will run to London Victoria. An hourly service to Brighton, an hourly service to Littlehampton and an hourly service to Lewes will run. An hourly service from London Bridge to Brighton will also run.

London Victoria to East Grinstead train services and London Victoria to Dorking train services via Mitcham Junction will run to London Bridge. A bus service will run between London Victoria and Clapham Junction. Gatwick Express train services will not run. Southern metro services will be amended with some starting at Clapham Junction.

On Monday morning, the 05:02 London Victoria to Brighton and the 05:32 London Victoria to Ore services will be diverted to start from London Bridge.

Full details of this weekend’s changes can be found at southernrailway.com and passengers should plan their journeys before they travel using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.

The changes in detail:

Saturday 14th November

• Gatwick Express services will not run.
• 07 and 37 minutes past the hour services to Brighton are retimed to 15 and 45 minutes past the hour calling at East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath and Brighton.
• 16 minutes past the hour services to Littlehampton and Eastbourne are retimed to 05 minutes past the hour and are diverted after Clapham Junction via Crystal Palace.
• 46 minutes past the hour services to Ore & Littlehampton are retimed to 35 minutes past the hour and are diverted after Clapham Junction via Crystal Palace.
• 02 minutes past the hour services to Portsmouth Harbour & Bognor Regis will start from London Bridge.
• 23 and 53 minutes past the hour services to East Grinstead are diverted after Clapham Junction via Crystal Palace calling additionally at Norwood Junction.
• 13 and 43 minutes past the hour services to Caterham are retimed to 16 and 43 minutes past the hour and are diverted after Balham calling at Streatham Hill, Crystal Palace and Norwood Junction instead of Streatham Common, Norbury, Thornton Heath and Selhurst to which a bus will run from Balham.
• 06 and 36 minutes past the hour services to Sutton are extended to Dorking calling additionally at Cheam, Epsom, Ashtead, Leatherhead and Dorking.
• Customers for Mitcham Eastfields, Mitcham Junction, Hackbridge and Carshalton should travel to Balham for a replacement bus service to Streatham Common for another replacement bus service from there.
• 01 minutes past the hour services to Dorking will not run.
• 03 and 33 minutes past the hour services to Sutton will not run.
• 17 and 47 minutes past the hour services to Epsom will not run.
• 19 and 49 minutes past the hour services to London Bridge will not run.
• 23 minutes past the hour services to Epsom Downs will not run.
• 31 minutes past the hour services to Horsham will not run.
• 51 minutes past the hour services to Brighton will not run.
• 53 minutes past the hour services to Epsom will not run.
• Additionally overnight Saturday London Bridge will operate services to Three Bridges and buses will run between Victoria and London Bridge and Victoria and Clapham Junction.

Sunday 15th November (a reduced service of 3 Southern services an hour from London Victoria)

• Gatwick Express services will not run.
• 02 minutes past the hour services to Bognor Regis will start from London Bridge.
• 06 minutes past the hour services to Brighton are retimed to 11 minutes past the hour and will start from Southeastern platforms.
• 08 and 28 minutes past the hour services to Caterham will start from Clapham Junction.
• 10 and 40 minutes past the hour services to Dorking will start from London Bridge.
• 17 minutes past the hour services to Portsmouth Harbour and Littlehampton are retimed to 59 minutes past the hour and will start from Southeastern platforms.
• 22 and 52 minutes past the hour services to Epsom will not run.
• 23 and 53 minutes past the hour services to East Grinstead will start from London Bridge.
• 24 and 54 minutes past the hour services to Sutton will start from Clapham Junction.
• 27 minutes past the hour services to Brighton will not run.
• 32 minutes past the hour services to Brighton will start from London Bridge.
• 47 minutes past the hour services to Ore are diverted to Brighton and Lewes, retimed to 29 minutes past the hour and will start from Southeastern platforms.
• Additionally buses will run to Clapham Junction.