Lines reopened: disruption between Horsham and Three Bridges expected until 23:30 

Route(s) affected

Southern between Portsmouth Harbour and Gatwick Airport, and also between Portsmouth Harbour / Portsmouth & Southsea / Bognor Regis / Chichester / Horsham and London Victoria

Thameslink between Horsham and London Bridge / Peterborough

Description

All lines have now reopened following an earlier failure of the electricity supply between Horsham and Three Bridges. Trains running between these stations may continue to be delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until 23:30.

Customer advice:

Earlier today, there was a failure of the electricity supply between Horsham and Three Bridges.

All lines have since reopened, and staff are continuing to return to the planned timetable for the rest of the evening.

There will still be a few delays, cancellations and service changes. You may need to wait longer for a service to your destination, or change trains en route.

If you need to change trains during your journey, we would recommend allowing at least 15 minutes of extra time.

Please check live departure boards, station screens and journey planners before travelling this evening.

For some local journeys, if there is a long wait until the next train, you may wish to consider using a Metrobus service, as below.

Ticket acceptance:

You can use your ticket at no extra cost on the following:

• Alternative Southern and Thameslink services on any reasonable route

• London Underground services on any reasonable route

• Metrobus routes:

  • 3 between Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, and Crawley

  • 10 between Crawley and Gatwick Airport

  • 20 between Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport and Horley

  • 23 between Horsham and Crawley

  • 100 between Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords, Horley (Town), Gatwick Airport, Crawley and Three Bridges

  • 200 between Horsham and Gatwick Airport

  • 291 between Crawley and Three Bridges

  • 400 between Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords, Horley, Gatwick Airport, Crawley and Three Bridges

  • 420 between Reigate, Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords, Gatwick Airport and Crawley

  • 430/435 between Redhill, Earlswood and Merstham

  
  

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 app to find up-to-date information.

Can you tell me more about the earlier incident?

A failure of the electricity supply resulted in the line from Horsham towards Three Bridges being blocked for a time.

All lines have reopened and operators are now working to recover the service timetable.

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.