Lines reopened: disruption between East Croydon and Clapham Junction / London Bridge expected until 12:00 

Route(s) affected

Gatwick Express between Brighton and London Victoria

Southern between Portsmouth Harbour / Eastbourne / Bognor Regis / Ore / East Grinstead / Reigate / Epsom / Epsom Downs / Selhurst / Horsham / Sutton / West Croydon and London Victoria

Thameslink between Brighton / Three Bridges / Haywards Heath and Bedford, between Brighton and Cambridge, ands also between Horsham and Peterborough

Description

Following a trespass incident at Thornton Heath, all lines have now reopened. Trains running between East Croydon and Clapham Junction / London Bridge may still be delayed by up to 30 minutes or cancelled.

Disruption is expected until 12:00.

Customer advice:

Please check your journey before you travel this morning. Services are now starting to return to normal, but services across the Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express network have been disrupted this morning.

Delays remain possible, and some services remain subject to short notice alterations and cancellations. This means that some services may terminate and restart at a different station to normal, will have cancelled stops, or will be cancelled completely.

Journeys may be extended by around 30 minutes so please allow plenty of extra time. For most journeys you should be able to travel using your normal route. However if your planned train is affected then you may still need need to take a different train than planned, change trains en route or use an alternative route to complete your journey instead.

Tickets will be accepted for no extra cost on the following alternatives:

• Southern and Thameslink services on any reasonable route

• South Western Railway services between Clapham Junction and London Waterloo

• Southeastern services via any reasonable route, including between Hastings, Tunbridge Wells and London Bridge

• London Underground on any reasonable route including between London Terminals

• London Buses on any reasonable route between East Croydon / West Croydon, Clapham Junction and London Victoria

• London Trams between East Croydon / West Croydon, Mitcham Junction and Wimbledon

• London Overground Windrush line between West Croydon, Norwood Junction, Forest Hill, New Cross Gate and Canada Water

• Brighton & Hove Buses 29, 29A, 29B, 29X between Brighton, Lewes, Uckfield, Crowborough, Eridge, and Tunbridge Wells

  
  

• The following Metrobus routes:

  • 10 between Crawley and Gatwick Airport

  • 20 between Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport and Horley

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

  • 291 between Crawley, Three Bridges, East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells

  • 400 between Caterham, Godstone, Nutfield, Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords, Horley, Gatwick Airport, Crawley, Three Bridges and East Grinstead

  • 420 between Sutton, Belmont, Tattenham, Tadworth, Lower Kingswood, Reigate, Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords, Gatwick Airport and Crawley

  • 430/435 between Redhill, Reigate, Earlswood and Merstham

  • 460 between Epsom, Tattenham, Tadworth, Lower Kingswood, Reigate, Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords, Horley, Gatwick Airport and Crawley

  • 411 between Merstham, Redhill and Reigate

  • 424 between Reigate, Redhill, Horley and Crawley

  • 2 between Crawley and Ifield

  • 23 between Crawley, Faygate, Horsham, and Worthing

  • 200 between Horsham, Littlehaven, Faygate, Ifield, and Gatwick Airport

  • 84 between Crawley, Three Bridges, and East Grinstead (slow bus to East Grinstead)

  • 281 between Crawley, Three Bridges, East Grinstead, Dormans, and Lingfield

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.

If you are travelling by Metrobus services, you can plan your journey.

You can also use the Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink apps to find up-to-date information.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

Earlier this morning a trespass incident was reported in the Thornton Heath area, and trains were stopped for safety. Emergency services and Network Rail have attended and removed the person.

Trespassing on the railway is extremely dangerous. Trains run at all times, often without warning, and many areas have high-voltage third rails, steep drops, and other hazards.

There are also electrical systems and cables, slippery surfaces, steep drops and other hazards.

Network Rail manages the railway infrastructure, and they're working hard to educate everyone about these dangers and prevent people from accessing the track.

As well as the dangers, trespassing on the railway is also illegal, and obstructing the railway can carry severe penalties.

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.