Do not travel: no trains via Purley until approximately 16:00 

Route(s) affected

Trains via Purley

Description

Urgent repairs are needed to a bridge at Purley, resulting in all lines at this station being closed.

Trains are currently unable to run to / from or through this station, and will be cancelled or revised.

You are advised not to travel.

Major disruption is expected until 16:00.

A visual disruption map video is available.

Customer advice:

Please do no travel.

No trains are able to run via Purley in any direction therefore it is advised that you do not travel.

There are limited alternate routes and it may be that you cannot complete your journey or it will take up to 90 minutes extra in order to complete your travel on some locations.

All routes between London and Brighton/Coastal routes are heavily disrupted.

If you are already out travelling, below is a list of the service impact alongside alternate travel which is available. Please bare in mind these will be extremely busy and you may need to wait for the next option.

• Southern services between London Bridge and Caterham are running as normal but may see some delays

• All Southern services from London Victoria towards Bognor Regis/ Portsmouth Harbour/ Ore and Littlehampton will only run from Gatwick Airport and will be suspended between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport

• Southern services between Purley and Tattenham Corner are suspended

• Thameslink services Horsham to London Bridge will disrupted

• Other services between Three Bridges and East Croydon are also limited

Alternative ticket acceptance:

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

• Alternative Southern and Thameslink services

• Great Western Railway services between Dorking Deepdene and Gatwick & Portsmouth Harbour and London Waterloo

• London Buses 166, 407, 434 between Croydon and Tattenham Corner / Caterham / Epsom / Epsom Downs

• London Trams between East Croydon and West Croydon

• Metrobus routes:

  • 200 between Horsham, Littlehaven, Faygate (Town), [Bewbush], Ifield, Gatwick Airport

  • 270 between Brighton, Haywards Heath and Brighton

  • 400 between Caterham and East Grinstead (you will then be able to get a Southern Service from East Grinstead towards London Victoria)

  • 460 between Crawley and Epsom

• Southeastern via any reasonable route from Hastings / Tonbridge towards London

• South Western Railway between Epsom and London Waterloo

Alternative routes which may be useful for your journey:

From Tattenham Corner, you can travel to Epsom Downs, which takes approximately 30 minutes. Epsom Downs station can be used for alternative Southern train services towards London Victoria via Sutton and West Croydon.

From Purley Oaks, you can travel to Sanderstead, which takes approximately 7 minutes. Sanderstead can be used for alternative services towards London.

Planning your journey:

You can use the live departure boards:

• Southern live departure boards

• Thameslink live departure boards

You can use the live maps:

• Southern live map

• Thameslink live map

You can also use the alternative route guides:

• Southern alternative route guide

• Thameslink alternative route guide

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

The Southern and Thameslink apps will also help you plan your journey.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

There is structural bridge damage in the Purley area which is impacting all trains. There is already pre engineering works in the Purley area which limit the amount of tracks available this weekend. Trains are now unable to use any lines in the Purley area until Network Rail engineers are on site to investigate.

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.