Disruption between Bromley South and Swanley / Orpington expected until the end of the day 

Route(s) affected

Southeastern services between London Victoria and Swanley / Orpington / Gillingham (Kent) / Ramsgate / Minster / Dover Priory / Folkestone Central / Ashford International

Thameslink services between Luton / West Hampstead Thameslink / London Blackfriars and Orpington, between Welwyn Garden City / Finsbury Park / London Blackfriars and Sevenoaks

Description

Urgent repairs to the track at Bickley means that some lines are disrupted. As a result, trains running between Bromley South and Swanley / Orpington may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Southeastern customer advice:

What's happened?

Urgent repairs to the railway are required on a crossing at Bickley. Trains are able to run but because of a lack of available routes some services will have to be cancelled.

A repair will be carried out overnight, so this will remain an issue for the rest of the day.

How does this affect my journey?

Some of the following services will be cancelled:

• Southeastern services between London Victoria and Orpington

• Thameslink services between London Blackfriars and Orpington

Other services through the area may be delayed or altered.

What should I do?

Allow extra time to make your journey and use our journey planner to check for your next available service.

If you've been delayed over 15 minutes you are entitled to claim delay repay compensation.

Alternative routes:

For details of alternative routes that may be available to complete your journey, please refer to our Alternative routes during disruption maps.

How can I stay up to date?

You can follow Southeastern on Twitter (X) @SE_Railway or follow the Southeastern WhatsApp channel.

Thameslink customer advice:

There will be a reduced service between London and Orpington this morning. The service that normally runs half hourly between Luton and Orpington will only run hourly. Those that do run are likely to be delayed as trains have to run at a slower speed in the Bickley area.

Please allow an extra 20 minutes for your journey, and check station screens and planners for the latest information.

Ticket acceptance

Your ticket will be accepted, at no extra cost, on the following:

• Southeastern trains between London Victoria / London Bridge and Orpington

• London Underground via any reasonable route

Planning your journey:

You can see the live departure boards, and view a live map of the network.

You can also view an alternative route guide.

If you're travelling in the London area, you can plan journeys on alternative routes by using the TfL Journey Planner.

You can use the Thameslink app to find up-to-date information.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

There is a cracked crossing in the Bickley area that has made it necessary to reduce the number of trains running along the route. Network Rail are aware and are sending engineers to investigate the severity of the damage, with a view to repairing it as soon as possible.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.