Disruption between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon on Monday 19 January 

Route(s) affected

Gatwick Express between Brighton and London Victoria

Southern between Bognor Regis and London Victoria / London Bridge, between Caterham and London Bridge, and also between Portsmouth Harbour / Portsmouth & Southsea / Eastbourne / Hastings / Havant / Ore / Horsham / Littlehampton / Reigate / Gatwick Airport and London Victoria

Thameslink between Brighton / Three Bridges / Gatwick Airport and Bedford, between Brighton and Cambridge, and also between Horsham and Peterborough

Description

There is engineering taking place today between Gatwick Airport / Redhill and Reigate / Purley / East Croydon today. This work is now expected to overrun.

This means that trains running between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon may be cancelled or revised throughout the day tomorrow. Earlswood (Surrey) and Salfords stations will not be served.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day tomorrow, Monday 19 January.

You can read more about how this engineering work between will affect today's services on our Status and Disruptions page.

A visual disruption map video is now available.

Customer advice:

Engineering works between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon are expected to overrun until the end of day tomorrow, Monday 19 January.

For the whole of tomorrow, only two of the four lines will be available, and as such a reduced service will run all day. The following changes are expected to services running in both directions:

• Gatwick Express services between Brighton, Gatwick Airport and London Victoria will be suspended

• Southern services between Reigate and London Victoria will be suspended

• Southern services between Redhill and Tonbridge will run to a very reduced timetable, with one train running every two hours in each direction

• Thameslink services between Brighton and Cambridge will be suspended

• Peak time Southern services between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria will not run

• Peak time Southern services between Littlehampton / Bognor Regis / Eastbourne and London Bridge will not run

• No services will stop at Earlswood (Surrey) orSalfords all day

Other short notice changes are also expected, as well as delays due to the reduced line availability through the area.

Please check before you travel using online journey planners - these are expected to be updated with any changes by 22:00 this evening, but this will be confirmed here once done. If your planned train is affected then you may need to take a different train than planned, change trains en route or use an alternative route instead.

You journey may take longer than usual as a result, although this may vary between an extra 10 minutes to an extra hour depending on the journey you are making. Please allow extra time to account for this.

Alternative journey options:

Ticket acceptance will be arranged tomorrow on a range of alternatives to help you complete your journey.

In addition to this, attempts are being made to source buses for some routes. Further details on these will be provided once more is known.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

Network Rail have been carrying out engineering work this weekend between Gatwick Airport, Purley and East Croydon, closing all lines. They have recently advised that the works are not expected to finish on time, and as such only two out of the usual four lines will be available all day tomorrow, Monday 19 January.

All lines are expected to reopen by the start of service Tuesday 20 January.

Check before you travel:

The National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner does not reflect these changes. Please check back later.

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 set-down 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.

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.