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No London Overground trains between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / Clapham Junction / Crystal Palace / West Croydon on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March 

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Engineering work details

Starts Saturday 07 March 2026 to Sunday 08 March 2026

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Train operators affected

Route(s) affected

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

Description

Engineering work is taking place between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / New Cross Gate, closing various lines.

No trains will run between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / Clapham Junction / Crystal Palace / West Croydon.

Saturday:

Two trains per hour will run between West Croydon and London Bridge between 08:00 and 21:00.

An amended train service will run between New Cross Gate and West Croydon before 08:00, and after 21:00.

Sunday:

Four trains per hour will run between New Cross Gate and Sydenham, and 2 trains per hour will run between Sydenham and Crystal Palace / West Croydon.

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 to / from Highbury & Islington

  • Mildmay line to / from Canonbury and Dalston Kingsland (Dalston Junction)

  • Jubilee line to / from Canada Water

  • District, Hammersmith & City or Elizabeth line to / from Whitechapel

  • Docklands Light Railway to / from Shadwell

  • Jubilee line to / from Southwark and London Bus route 40 to / from Denmark Hill

  • Northern line to Clapham North to / from High Street Clapham

  • Mildmay line or National Rail services to / from Clapham Junction and London Bus route 87 to / from Wandsworth Road

London Buses:

  • 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 Cros

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

  • P12 between Surrey Quays and Peckham Rye

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:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner

You can plan your journey on London Underground / London Buses by using the Transport for London Journey Planner

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