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From time to time, often at weekends or public holidays, Southern Railway have to make alterations to train services, usually for planned Improvement works.
The 00:05 London Victoria to Worthing will terminate at Brighton with a connecting bus from Brighton to Worthing.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The 01:00 London Victoria to Brighton service will be replaced by a bus between Three Bridges and Brighton, calling at Haywards Heath.
Planning your Journey
These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.
First Great Western
The following changes apply:
Customers for stations between Cosham / Portsmouth Harbour and Brighton should use Southern road / rail services between Fareham and Brighton.
Southern
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
First Capital Connect
The following alterations will apply:
London Overground
Buses, operated by Southern, replace trains between New Cross Gate and West Croydon via Crystal Palace.
Southern
Trains will not run between:
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of the changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The 22:47 London Victoria to Hastings train will be replaced by a bus between Eastbourne and Hastings.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The 01:19 Haywards Heath to Eastbourne will be replaced by a bus between Lewes and Eastbourne
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
London Midland
The following changes apply:
Southern
The following changes apply:
On Sunday, trains are not affected as they do not run as far as Milton Keynes Central.
Virgin Trains
A reduced timetable will operate between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly / Birmingham New Street all day Sunday and until 12:30 on Monday.
Planning your Journey
To get options for your journey with Southern and Virgin Trains, please use the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner
These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner for London Midland, please check back nearer to the time of travel.
22:47 London Victoria to Hastings is replaced by bus between Eastbourne and Hastings.
Planning your Journey
To get options for your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.
Buses replace trains between Purley and Caterham.
Planning your Journey
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First Capital Connect
Southern
Planning your Journey
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The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
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Southeastern
The following changes apply:
Southern
Buses replace trains between Edenbridge and Tonbridge.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
First Great Western
Buses replace trains between Brighton and Worthing.
Southern
The following changes apply:
Buses replace trains between Brighton and Worthing.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Monday to Thursday
Tuesday to Thursday
Tuesday to Friday
Planning your Journey
These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.
First Great Western
08:19 Romsey to Brighton - will start from Havant, an earlier bus will run from Romsey to Southampton Central.
South West Trains
The following changes apply:
Southern
Buses replace trains between Southampton Central and Havant
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
South West Trains
The following changes apply:
Southern
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.
London Overground
Buses replace train between Crystal Palace and West Croydon
Southern
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Saturday and Sunday
Buses replace trains between London Bridge and London Victoria via Peckham Rye.
Saturday only
Buses replace trains between:
Sunday only
Buses replace trains between London Bridge and Tulse Hill.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
First Capital Connect
The 23:40 (Saturday night) Bedford to Three Bridges service will be retimed to leave Bedford at the later time of 23:50 and run a few minutes later throughout.
First Great Western
The 23:34 (Saturday night) Reading to Gatwick Airport service will terminate at Redhill. A rail connection will run from Redhill to Gatwick Airport.
Southern
Trains will run via an alternative route and are subject to retiming.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Trains between London Victoria / London Bridge and Brighton are replaced by bus between Three Bridges and Brighton.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
South West Trains
Buses replace trains between Epsom and Leatherhead / Dorking.
Southern
Buses will run between Epsom and Dorking
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of the changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Buses replace trains between Epsom and Leatherhead / Dorking.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following alterations will apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
London Overground
No trains will run between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction, tickets will be accepted on local bus routes
Southern
Clapham Junction - Watford Junction services will NOT run.
Passengers are advised to travel on the following route where tickets will be accepted:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes will apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
London Overground
Saturday and Sunday
Trains which normally run between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction will only run between Kensington Olympia and Willesden Junction. Tickets will be accepted on local bus routes
Southern
Saturday
Trains which normally operate between South Croydon and Milton Keynes Central will not run.
The following trains will also not run:
Sunday
Clapham Junction - Watford Junction services will NOT run.
On both Saturday and Sunday passengers are advised to travel on the following routes where tickets will be accepted:
Planning your Journey
For full details of the changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.
The 00:05 London Victoria to Worthing / Eastbourne service will be replaced by a bus between Lewes and Eastbourne.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
First Capital Connect
The following changes will apply:
Southern
The following changes will apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of the changes to First Capital Connect and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The changes to Southern are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.To get options for your journey on London Buses, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
Buses replace trains between:
Planning your Journey
For full details of the changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Buses replace trains between Epsom and Leatherhead / Dorking.
Planning your Journey
For full details of the changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
South West Trains
Trains between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour, via Eastleigh, are diverted between Eastleigh and Fareham and will call additionally at Southampton Central. They will not call at Hedge Hill or Botley.
A connecting bus service will run between Eastleigh and Fareham calling at Hedge Hill or Botley.
Southern
Trains to / from Southampton Central are subject to diversion via an alternative route and retiming.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
London Overground
No trains will run between Kensington Olympia and Clapham Junction, tickets will be accepted on local bus routes
Southern
Clapham Junction - Watford Junction services will NOT run.
Passengers are advised to travel on the following route where tickets will be accepted:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following trains are retimed and diverted between Haywards Heath and Brighton:
Planning your Journey
For full details of the changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
First Great Western
06:08 Gatwick Airport to Reading will depart at the later time of 06:13.
Southern
Buses replace trains between Purley and Horley.
Gatwick Express are not affected by this engineering work.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes will apply:
Planning your Journey
These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.
First Capital Connect
The 23:10 and 23:40 (Saturday night) Bedford to Three Bridges services will have extended journey times from East Croydon to Three Bridges.
Southern
The following changes will apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
South West Trains
Trains between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour, via Eastleigh, are diverted between Eastleigh and Fareham and will call additionally at Southampton Central. They will not call at Hedge Hill or Botley.
A connecting bus service will run between Eastleigh and Fareham calling at Hedge Hill or Botley.
Southern
Trains which would normally run via Eastleigh will be diverted via Swanwick. Passengers intending to travel via Eastleigh are advised to use South West Trains services.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Buses replace trains between Redhill and Tonbridge.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The 00:05 London Victoria to Worthing service will be replaced by a bus between Brighton and Worthing.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Gatwick Express
A half hourly service will run between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
Southern
The following changes will apply:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The following changes apply:
Planning your Journey
To get options for your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner
