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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.
No Southern services are running to and from London Bridge, but Southeastern and First Capital Connect continue to call at London Bridge.
There are no trains between London Bridge and East Croydon or between London Bridge and Tulse Hill, with some trains cancelled & some trains diverted to start or terminate at London Victoria. Replacement buses run on some lines, but where there are no Southern trains or replacement buses, other train operators can be used.
Stations between London Bridge and Tulse Hill
Buses are replacing trains between London Bridge and West Norwood calling at stations st South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham, Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, North Dulwich & Tulse Hill.
Stations between London Bridge and Norwood Junction / Crystal Palace
Passengers travelling to these stations should use Southeastern services between London Bridge and New Cross. Buses will then run between New Cross and New Cross Gate. London Overground services can then be used between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction / Crystal Palace.
Caterham & Tattenham Corner
Trains will run between London Victoria and Caterham / Tattenham Corner.
The shuttle train between Tattenham Corner and Purley is cancelled.
Beckenham Junction
These trains are cancelled. Buses will run between London Bridge and West Norwood and between West Norwood and Beckenham Junction
Uckfield
Trains will run between Oxted and Uckfield.
Reigate
These trains are cancelled.
First Capital Connect should be useed between London Bridge and East Croydon. Other Southern services can then be used between East Croydon and Reigate.
Tonbridge
Trains will run between Tonbridge and Redhill only. Other services should be used to travel between London and Redhill.
Horsham
Trains will run between Horsham and East Croydon. Trains will still run between Horsham and London Victoria.
West Croydon via Selhurst
Trains will run between Tulse Hill and West Croydon. Buses should be used between London Bridge and West Norwood.
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
No trains will run between Kensington Olympia and Clapham Junction, passengers should use local buses.
Sunday
No trains will run between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction, passengers should use local buses.
Southern
Trains will not run between Milton Keynes Central / Watford Junction and Clapham Junction, passengers should use London Midland trains between Milton Keynes Central / Watford Junction and London Euston then London Underground between Euston and Victoria with Southern trains between London Victoria and Clapham Junction.
Journey Planner
To get options for your journey on London buses and London Underground, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Saturday
First Capital Connect
The 23:42 Bedford to Three Bridges journeys times will be extended by up to 30 minutes after leaving East Croydon.
First Great Western
The 23:34 Reading to Gatwick Airport will terminate at Redhill. Customers should use alternative trains to Gatwick Airport.
Gatwick Express
A reduced half-hourly service will run between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
Southern
The 08:10 Brighton to London Victoria service will not run. Passengers are advised to travel on the 08:04 or 08:35 Brighton to London Victoria services.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The 23:17 (Saturday) London Victoria to Chichester will be replaced by a bus between Worthing and Chichester.
Planning your Journey
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Buses replace trains between Hastings and Ashford International.
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
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London Overgound
Buses replace trains between Norwood Junction and West Croydon.
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
First Great Western
South West Trains
Southern
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
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Until 14:00 trains between London Bridge and Tonbridge will run between Reigate and Edenbridge with buses between Edenbridge and Tonbridge.
Planning your Journey
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Tuesday & Wednesday
22:47 London Victoria to Hastings, bus replaces train between Eastbourne and Hastings
Tuesday to Thursday
Wednesday and Thursday
Wednesday 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.
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
A revised Southern service will operate on most routes on Sunday 2 June 2013. This is due to late-notice engineering works which will close some of the rail lines between London Victoria and Clapham Junction.
Two trains per hour will run between London Victoria and Brighton. One train per hour (stopping service) will run between Gatwick Airport and Brighton.
No service on this route. Tickets will be accepted on London Underground, London Overground and London Midland services.
Two trains per hour will run between Clapham Junction and Dorking (via Hackbridge). Two trains per hour will run between London Victoria and Caterham. Two trains per hour will run between Balham and Sutton (via Norbury). Two trains per hour will run between Clapham Junction and Sutton (via Crystal Palace). Buses replace trains between Balham and West Croydon (via Crystal Palace).
The following services will run to a normal Sunday timetable. London Bridge - East Croydon. London Bridge - Crystal Palace. London Bridge - West Croydon.
One train per hour will run between London Bridge and Oxted. Buses replace trains between Oxted and East Grinstead. The Uckfield to Oxted service will run to a normal Sunday timetable.
One train per hour will run between Redhill and Tonbridge. The London Bridge to Horsham service will run to a normal Sunday timetable.
One train per hour will run between London Victoria and Portsmouth Harbour / Littlehampton via Worthing. One train per hour will run between London Bridge and Bognor Regis.
One train per hour will run between London Victoria and Ore (via Eastbourne and Hastings)
Trains to / from Southampton Central will be diverted to run to terminate / start from Portsmouth & Southsea. Replacement buses will run between Havant and Southampton Central calling at Cosham, Fareham and Swanwick
Buses replace trains between Lewes and Seaford.
No service. Southern trains will run between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport four times per hour.
Four Southern trains per hour will operate between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport (and vice versa).
Please note that these trains are likely to be extremely busy, therefore that you can also travel between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport (and vice versa) using alternative Southern and First Capital Connect services.
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.
Buses replace trains between Oxted and East Grinstead.
Planning your Journey
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London Overground
The following changes apply:
Southern
Buses replace trains between Balham and West Croydon.
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
The following changes will apply:
South West Trains
The following changes will apply:
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
00:05 London Victoria to Worthing will terminate at Brighton. A replacement bus will run from Brighton at 01:22 calling at Hove, Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham, Lancing 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
23:04 London Bridge to Uckfield will terminate at Oxted. A replacement bus will run from Oxted at 23:45 calling Hurst Green, Edenbridge Town, Eridge, Crowborough, Buxted and Uckfield.
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
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Buses replace trains between Oxted and East Grinstead / Uckfield.
Planning your Journey
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The following changes will apply:
Planning your Journey
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The planned engineering work scheduled to take place between Sutton and Leatherhead has been cancelled and trains will now run normally.
To plan your journey please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk
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
First Capital Connect
The following changes will apply:
London Overground
The following changes will apply:
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 PlannerTo get options for your journey on London Underground and London Buses, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
Gatwick Airport
A reduced half-hourly Gatwick Express 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:
Tuesday to Friday
The Eastbourne portion of the 00:05 London Victoria to Worthing / Eastbourne will terminate at Lewes, a connecting bus will run from Lewes to Eastbourne.
Wednesday and Thursday
The 23:04 London Bridge to Uckfield will be replaced by bus between Oxted and Uckfield.
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
First Capital Connect
Southern
Planning your Journey
To find out whether this will impact your journey, and to get alternative options planned for you, please use the National Rail Enquiries real time Journey Planner, or call TrainTracker on 0871 200 49 50.
First Great Western
The following changes will apply:
South West Trains
The following changes will apply:
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
Buses replace trains between Oxted and East Grinstead / Uckfield.
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
Buses replace trains between Purley and Caterham.
Buses will depart Purley on the hour and 30 minutes past the hour and from Caterham at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour.
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 will not run:
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
The following changes will apply:
South West Trains
The following changes will apply:
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 07:22 Hastings to Ashford International will be replaced by a bus.
The 08:16 Ashford International to Brighton will start from Hastings. A replacement bus will run from Ashford International to 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 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
Southern
Buses will run between:
Gatwick Express
A reduced train service will run between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
London Overground
No trains will run between Highbury & Islington and Clapham Junction. Tickets will be excepted on local bus on all reasonable routes.
Southeastern
Buses replace trains between Herne Hill and Beckenham Junction.
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 Lewes and Seaford.
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 / Brighton and Portsmouth / Southampton will be diverted and start / terminate at Bognor Regis. Buses will operate between Barnham 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
First Capital Connect
Sunday
Southern
Saturday
Sunday
Southern are also affected by engineering work between Balham and Selhurst
Planning your Journey
To get options for your journey on London Buses, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
For full details of the changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Buses replace trains between Purley and Caterham.
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 Eastbourne and Hastings on the following:
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.
Buses replace trains between Three Bridges and Brighton on the following:
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Some trains between London Bridge and Crystal Palace / East Croydon / Selhurst will not run with buses replacing trains between London Bridge and East Croydon / Crystal Palace.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
Some trains may be cancelled, diverted or amended with buses between London Bridge / London Victoria and East Croydon to complete journeys.
Southern are also affected by engineering work between West Croydon to Epsom Downs
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 Brighton and Lewes on the following
Monday to Thursday
Tuesday to Friday
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
The 23:17 (Saturday night) London Victoria to Chichester service will be replaced by a bus between Littlehampton and Chichester.
The 06:06 (Sunday morning) Barnham to London Victoria service will be replaced by a bus between Barnham and Littlehampton.
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.
Saturday and Sunday
Trains may be amended, diverted or cancelled.
Buses will run between Norwood Junction and Epsom Downs / Sutton.
Sunday until 08:45
Buses will run between:
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
Southern
Customers for intermediate stations between Norwood Junction and London Bridge via Sydenham should travel on London Overground services.
Customers for London Bridge should either travel to South Bermondsey for a local bus service or travel to London Victoria and use the London Underground or local bus services.
On Saturday and Sunday, buses will run every 5 minutes between New Cross and New Cross Gate.
Saturday
Customers are advised to travel on Southeastern services between New Cross and London Bridge.
The following services will not run:
Amended / diverted services:
Sunday
Buses will run between London Bridge and West Norwood, calling at South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham, Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, North Dulwich, Tulse Hill and West Norwood.
The following services will not run:
Amended / diverted services:
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 Underground and London Buses, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
Monday to Thursday
The 23:04 London Bridge to Uckfield service will be replaced by a bus between Oxted and Uckfield.
The 23:24 London Victoria to East Grinstead service will be replaced by a bus between Oxted and East Grinstead.
The 23:49 London Victoria to Oxted service will not run. Passengers are advised to travel on the amended 23:49 London Victoria to Horsham service and change for a replacement bus service at East Croydon.
Tuesday to Friday
The Worthing portion of the 00:05 London Victoria to Worthing / Eastbourne service will terminate at Brighton. A replacement bus will run from Brighton to Worthing.
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.
Buses replace trains between Eastbourne and Hastings on the following:
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
Southern
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
To get options for your journey on London Buses, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
Trains between London Victyoria and Three Bridges / Brighton will not call at Clapham Junction, buses will run between Clapham Junction and London Victoria / East Croydon.
Planning your Journey
For full details of these changes and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
From 02:00 to 04:00, buses replace trains between Three Bridges and Brighton.
Planning your Journey
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Buses replaces trains between Eastbourne and Hastings on the following:
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
Southern
Planning your Journey
To get options for your journey on London Buses, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
The changes to Southern are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer the time of travel.
To get options for your journey with First Capital Connect, please use the National Rail Enquiries real time Journey Planner
Until approximately 08:30 trains to London Victoria will not call at Wandsworth Common and Battersea Park, passengers should circulate via Clapham Junction for Wandsworth Common and via London Victoria for Battersea Park.
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.
The 00:05 London Victoria to Worthing will be replaced by a bus between Brighton and Worthing.
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.
Buses replace trains between Three Bridges and Brighton on the following:
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.
The following additional trains will run:
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
On Saturday night, the 22:42 Bedford to Brighton service will be diverted after Haywards Heath and will be unable to call at Burgess Hill or Hassocks. This train will arrive into Brighton approximately 20 minutes later than normal. A replacement bus will run from Haywards Heath to Brighton, calling at Burgess Hill and Hassocks.
Southern
Overnight trains between East Croydon and Three Bridges and between Haywards Heath and Brighton will be retimed.
Planning your Journey
The changes to Southern are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer the time of travel.
For full details of the changes to First Capital Connect and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
London Overground
Trains between West Croydon and Highbury & Islington / Dalston Kingsland will start / terminate at Crystal Palace. Passengers may use Southern buses Norwood Junction and West Croydon.
Southern
The following changes will apply:
Planning your Journey
The changes to Southern are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer the time of travel.
For full details of the changes to London Overground (excludes Southern buses) and the impact on your journey, please use the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
There are no trains between London Bridge and West Croydon or between London Bridge and Crystal Palace, with some trains diverted to start or terminate at London Victoria. Replacement buses run on some routes, but where there are no Southern trains or replacement buses, other train operators may be used.
No Southern services are running to and from London Bridge, but Southeastern and First Capital Connect continue to call at London Bridge.
London Bridge and Horsham
Trains will start and terminate at London Victoria calling additionally at Clapham Junction and Selhurst.
London Bridge and East Croydon
London Bridge and Tattenham Corner
Planning your Journey
To get options for your journey on London Buses, please use the Transport for London Journey Planner
These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.
Monday to Thursday
Tuesday to Friday
The 00:04 Brighton to West Worthing will terminate at Worthing with a connecting bus to West Worthing.
Buses replace trains between Three Bridges and Brighton on the following:
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.
Buses replace trains between Purley and Caterham.
First Capital Connect
Southern
Buses replace trains between Redhill and Tonbridge.
The 01:02 London Victoria to Brighton will be diverted with a slightly extended journey time.
No trains will run between London Bridge / Purley and Tattenham Corner.
Customers should use other trains between London Bridge and Purley.
A shuttle bus service will run between Purley and Tattenham Corner, departing Purley at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour and from Tattenham Corner at 14 and 44 minutes past the hour.
London Overground
No trains will run between Willesden Junction and Kensington Olympia.
Customers are advised to use London Buses between Willesden Juction and Kensington Olympia.
Southern
No trains will run between Clapham Junction and Milton Keynes Central.
Alternative Travel Options
Journey Planner
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Gatwick Express
Southern
All trains through East Croydon will have journey times extended by up to 15 minutes.
Southern
Buses replace trains between Sutton and Dorking.
South West Trains
Buses replace trains between Worcester Park and Dorking
First Capital Connect
London Overground
Southern
