Major disruption in the Wimbledon area expected until the end of the day 

Route(s) affected

In the Wimbledon area

Description

The emergency services are dealing with an incident near the railway in the Wimbledon area. To allow them to safely carry out their work, all lines are currently closed. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised.

Major disruption is expected until the end of the day.

A visual disruption map video is now available.

South Western Railway customer advice:

Response teams are on their way to site. In order to allow emergency services access to the railway all power to the track will need to be switched off in the affected area.

Your ticket can be used, at no extra cost, on the following services:

Train services:

• London Underground:

  • District line services from London Waterloo or Wimbledon towards Westminster change at Embankment via Bakerloo, Jubilee and Northern lines for London Waterloo or Wimbledon

  • Victoria line services between Victoria and Vauxhall Station in both directions until further notice

• Southern services between:

  • London Victoria - Clapham Junction – Epsom – Dorking in both directions

  • Dorking / Leatherhead / Epsom /Reigate / Redhill / Clapham Junction and London Victoria

  • Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central in both directions

• Great Western Railway services between:

  • Dorking Deepdene to Gatwick Airport or towards Guildford for onward connections for London

  • Dorking (Deepdene) - Guildford – Reading in both directions

  • Reading and London Paddington for connections to London

  • Westbury and Weymouth

• Thameslink services between:

  • Wimbledon and Blackfriars/Central London for the connections with London Underground in both directions

  • Wimbledon to Elephant & Castle in both directions until further notice & change for London Underground services towards London Waterloo

• CrossCountry services between Reading and Bournemouth in both directions

Bus services:

• London Buses on the routes between:

  • Surbiton - Berrylands - Raynes Park - Chessington South - Wimbledon - Clapham Junction

  • Clapham Junction - Wimbledon - Raynes Park - Motspur Park - Hampton Court - Epsom - Leatherhead - Dorking

• Falcon Bus routes:

  • 28 between Woking, Brookwood, Worplesdon and Guildford

  • 400 between Walton on Thames - Shepperton - Ashford – Staines

  • 408 between Cobham - Oxshott - Leatherhead - Ashtead - Epsom

  • 436 between Woking - West Byfleet - Byfleet & New Haw – Weybridge

  • 436 between Weybridge, West Byfleet and Woking

  • 437 between Woking - West Byfleet - Byfleet & New Haw

  • 456 between Staines - Chertsey - Addlestone - West Byfleet - Woking

  • 461 between Chertsey - Addlestone - Weybridge - Walton-on-Thames - Hampton Court – Kingston

  • 479 between Guildford - Clandon - Horsley - Effingham Village - Bookham - Leatherhead - Ashtead - Epsom

  • 514 and 515 between Kingston - Surbiton - Thames Ditton - Esher - Hersham - Walton-on-Thames - Weybridge

  • 515 between Byfleet and New Haw, Weybridge, Walton on Thames, Esher, Thames Ditton, Surbiton, Kingston

  • 564 between Hersham and Walton On Thames

  • 715 between Guildford - Cobham - Esher - Hinchley Wood - Thames Ditton - Surbiton - Kingston

• White Bus routes:

  • 458 between Staines - Shepperton - Walton-on-Thames - Hersham - Esher - Hinchley Wood - Thames Ditton - Surbiton - Kingston

  • 458 between Walton on Thames, Esher, Shepperton, Kingston, Staines

  • 462 and 463 between Guildford - Clandon - Woking

  • 555 between Walton-on-Thames - Shepperton - Sunbury - Ashford Surrey - Heathrow Airport

  • South East 555 between Ashford - Sunbury - Shepperton - Walton On Thames – Hersham

• Compass Travel route:

  • 42 between Godalming, Farncombe and Guildford

• First Berkshire & The Thames Valley route:

  • Rail Air 2 between Guildford and Woking

Additional information:

If you need any help with your journey, please speak to a member of staff or use a station help point.

If you would prefer to use local buses to continue your journey please check Traveline. South Western Railway tickets are not valid on local buses unless stated above.

Thameslink customer advice:

No trains will run between Streatham and Sutton, via Wimbledon, until further notice. Please allow an extra 60 minutes to travel as you will have to use alternative transport.

Ticket acceptance:

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

• Alternative Thameslink services between London Blackfriars and East Croydon

• London Trams between Wimbledon and Croydon

• London Buses between London Blackfriars and Wimbledon / Sutton

• London Underground via any reasonable route

• Southern services between London Victoria and Sutton

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?

Emergency services are dealing with an incident, stopping Thameslink from running trains on the line between Streatham and Sutton, via Wimbledon. All of the St Albans City to Sutton services will route via Mitcham Junction to Sutton, where they will terminate and start back from.

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.