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No trains between Highbury & Islington and New Cross Gate / New Cross / Clapham Junction on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 

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Engineering work details

Starts Saturday 05 December 2026 to Sunday 06 December 2026

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Train operators affected

  • London Overground

Route(s) affected

London Overground between Highbury & Islington and New Cross Gate / West Croydon / Crystal Palace and also between Dalston Junction and Clapham Junction

Description

Engineering work is taking place in the Dalston Junction area, closing all lines.

No trains between Highbury & Islington and New Cross Gate / New Cross / Clapham Junction.

Rail replacement buses will operate between:

Canada Water and Clapham Junction

If you have a National Rail paper ticket or e-ticket, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the following operators’ services:

  • Victoria line or Mildmay line for Highbury & Islington

  • Mildmay line for Canonbury and Dalston Kingsland (Dalston Junction)

  • Jubilee line for Canada Water

  • District, Hammersmith & City or Elizabeth lines for Whitechapel

  • Docklands Light Railway for Shadwell

London Underground / Local Bus routes:

  • 149 / 243 for journeys between Dalston Junction, Haggerston and Hoxton

  • 26 / 149 / 242 for journeys between Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street

  • 205 for journeys between Shoreditch High Street and Whitechapel

  • D3 for journeys between Whitechapel, Shadwell and Wapping

  • C10 for journeys between Canada Water and Rotherhithe

  • 188 / 199 for journeys between Canada Water and Surrey Quays

  • 47 and 53 / 453, 225 and 177 for journeys between Surrey Quays and New Cross Gate / New Cross

  • P12 or 225 / 381 and 177 / 436 between Surrey Quays and Queens Road Peckham

  • P12 between Surrey Quays and Peckham Rye

  • Jubilee line to Southwark and local bus 40 to Denmark Hill

  • Northern line to Clapham North for High Street Clapham

  • Mildmay line or National Rail services to Clapham Junction and local bus 87 to Wandsworth Road

If you are using contactless payment / Oyster card, you can also use the above alternative travel options but you will be required to pay the normal tap in / tap out fares for your journey.

Check before you travel:

These changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.

Replacement bus travel advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

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