Southern’s leaf fall timetable published

Southern has today published details of its 2012 autumn leaf fall timetable.

A small number of weekday morning peak services will start their journeys a few minutes earlier to ensure that they arrive at their final destinations on time. The timetable will be in place from Monday 08 October until Friday 07 December.

Autumn poses a risk to a very small number of our rural routes which can be vulnerable to poor rail conditions due to leaf fall. We are making the changes to reduce this risk by starting some services a little earlier than usual.

The routes affected by the changes are particularly susceptible to heavy leaf fall in the areas prior to joining the Brighton Main Line. By starting a few minutes earlier at both the departure station and at stations on the way to the Brighton Main Line, any late running caused by slippery rails should be negated, allowing the train to reach its final destination on time.

Some changes will be made to the following weekday morning routes:

• Tattenham Corner to London Bridge
• Tattenham Corner to London Victoria
• Caterham to London Bridge
• Caterham to London Victoria
• Horsham (via Dorking) to London Victoria
• East Grinstead to London Victoria
• East Grinstead to London Bridge
• Uckfield to London Bridge
• Redhill to Tonbridge
• Tonbridge to Redhill

It’s important for our passengers to have the confidence that they will arrive at work on time despite the autumn conditions, and starting some trains on the above routes a little earlier will help achieve this.

Less than 2% of train services each day are affected by the changes.
 

Train-by-train details:

Tattenham Corner and Caterham to London

Tattenham Corner to London Bridge
The 05:56 Tattenham Corner to London Bridge service starts 2 minutes earlier at Tattenham Corner, Tadworth, Kingswood, Chipstead, Woodmansterne, Coulsdon Town and Reedham. Times from East Croydon remain the same.

The 08:51 Tattenham Corner to London Bridge services start 3 minutes earlier at Tattenham Corner, Tadworth, Kingswood, Chipstead, Woodmansterne, Coulsdon Town and Reedham. Times from East Croydon remain the same.

Tattenham Corner to London Victoria
The 06:48, 07:18, 07:48 and 08:16 Tattenham Corner to London Victoria services start 3 minutes earlier at Tattenham Corner, Tadworth, Kingswood, Chipstead, Woodmansterne, Coulsdon Town and Reedham. Times from East Croydon remain the same.

Caterham to London Bridge
The 06:15, 06:45, 07:15, 07:45 and 08:17 Caterham to London Bridge services start 3 minutes earlier at Caterham, Whyteleafe South, Whyteleafe and Kenley. Times from Purley remain the same.

Caterham to London Victoria
The 06:35, 07:01, 08:01, 08:29 and 08:56 Caterham to London Victoria services start 3 minutes earlier at Caterham, Whyteleafe South, Whyteleafe and Kenley. Times from Purley remain the same.

The 07:31 Caterham to London Victoria service starts 2 minutes earlier at Caterham, Whyteleafe South, Whyteleafe and Kenley. Times from Purley remain the same.

Horsham to London Victoria (via Dorking)

The 05:49, 06:20 and 06:55 Horsham to London Victoria services start 3 minutes earlier at Horsham, Warnham, Ockley and Holmwood. Times from Dorking, Boxhill & Westhumble, Leatherhead and Ashtead, Epsom, Ewell East, Cheam and Sutton remain the same. (The 06:55 does not call at Boxhill & Westhumble or Ewell East)

East Grinstead to London

East Grinstead to London Bridge
The 06:14 East Grinstead to London Bridge service starts 1 minute earlier at East Grinstead, Dormans, Lingfield, Hurst Green, Oxted, Woldingham, Upper Warlingham and Riddlesdown. Times from Sanderstead and East Croydon remain the same.

The 07:19 East Grinstead to London Bridge service starts 3 minutes earlier at East Grinstead, Dormans, Lingfield, Hurst Green, Oxted, Woldingham, Upper Warlingham and Riddlesdown. Times from Sanderstead and East Croydon remain the same.

East Grinstead to London Victoria
The 05:58 East Grinstead to London Victoria service starts 3 minutes earlier at East Grinstead, Dormans, Lingfield, Hurst Green and Oxted. Times from East Croydon remain the same.

Uckfield to London Bridge

The 07:08 Uckfield to London Bridge service starts 3 minutes earlier at Uckfield, Buxted, Crowborough, Eridge, and Edenbridge Town. Times from Hurst Green, Oxted and East Croydon remain the same.

The 07:34 Uckfield to London Bridge service starts 3 minutes earlier at Uckfield, Buxted, Crowborough, Eridge and Ashurst. No change at Cowden, Hever, Edenbridge Town, Hurst Green and Oxted.

The 08:04 Uckfield to London Bridge service starts 3 minutes earlier at Uckfield, Buxted, Crowborough, Eridge, Ashurst, Cowden, Hever and Edenbridge Town. No change at Hurst Green or Oxted.

The 08:34 Uckfield to London Bridge service starts 3 minutes earlier at Uckfield, Buxted, Crowborough, Eridge, Ashurst, Cowden, Hever, Edenbridge Town and Hurst Green. No change at Oxted.

 Redhill / Tonbridge

Redhill to Tonbridge
The 05:35 Redhill to Tonbridge service starts 5 minutes earlier at Redhill, Nutfield, Godstone, Edenbridge, Penshurst, and Leigh. It arrives at Tonbridge at 06:05 (no change).

Tonbridge to Redhill
The 04:59 Tonbridge to Redhill service starts 8 minutes earlier at Tonbridge, Leigh, Penshurst, Edenbridge, Godstone and Nutfield. It arrives at Redhill at 05:25 (5 mins earlier).

The 05:20 Tonbridge to Redhill service starts 3 minutes earlier at Tonbridge, Leigh, Penshurst, Edenbridge, Godstone and Nutfield. It arrives at Redhill at 05:51 (no change).

The 06:47 Tonbridge to Redhill service starts 2 minutes earlier at Tonbridge, Leigh, Penshurst, Edenbridge, Godstone and Nutfield. It arrives at Redhill at 07:18 (no change).

The 07:25 Tonbridge to Redhill service starts 3 minutes earlier at Tonbridge, Leigh, Penshurst, Edenbridge, Godstone and Nutfield. It arrives at Redhill at 07:56 (no change).

The 08:16 Tonbridge to Redhill service starts 3 minutes earlier at Tonbridge, Leigh, Penshurst, Edenbridge, Godstone and Nutfield. It arrives at Redhill at 08:47 (no change).