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Late May Bank Holiday Travel Advice

Saturday 23 May

Changes to services to and from East Grinstead and Uckfield

Due to engineering work closing the lines between South Croydon and Oxted, buses will be replacing trains between:

  • Purley and East Grinstead via Upper Warlingham and Oxted

  • Oxted and East Grinstead via Hurst Green, Lingfield and Dormans

  • Oxted and Crowborough via Hurst Green, Edenbridge Town, Hever, Cowden, Ashurst and Eridge

  • Crowborough and Uckfield via Buxted

  • Upper Warlingham and Woldingham

Sanderstead and Riddlesdown will have no train or replacement bus service for nearly all of this closure. If you are travelling to / from Sanderstead, you are advised to use Purley Oaks station and customers travelling to / from Riddlesdown are advised to use Purley station. Paper tickets will also be accepted on TfL London Buses at no extra cost on routes 403 (South Croydon – Sanderstead) and 412 (South Croydon – Riddlesdown – Purley).

Tickets for journeys on the Uckfield line will also be accepted on Southeastern trains between London Bridge and Tunbridge Wells at no extra cost.

Sunday 24 May

Changes to services to and from East Grinstead and Uckfield

Due to engineering work closing the lines between South Croydon and Oxted, buses will be replacing trains between:

  • Purley and East Grinstead via Upper Warlingham and Oxted

  • Oxted and East Grinstead via Hurst Green, Lingfield and Dormans

  • Oxted and Crowborough via Hurst Green, Edenbridge Town, Hever, Cowden, Ashurst and Eridge

  • Crowborough and Uckfield via Buxted

  • Upper Warlingham and Woldingham

Sanderstead and Riddlesdown will have no train or replacement bus service for nearly all of this closure. If you are travelling to / from Sanderstead, you are advised to use Purley Oaks station and customers travelling to / from Riddlesdown are advised to use Purley Station. Paper tickets will also be accepted on TfL London Buses at no extra cost on route 403 (South Croydon – Sanderstead) and 412 (South Croydon – Riddlesdown – Purley).

Tickets for journeys on the Uckfield line will also be accepted on Southeastern trains between London Bridge and Tunbridge Wells at no extra cost.

Buses will be replacing trains between Barnham and Arundel / Angmering

Due to engineering work, buses will be replacing trains all day between:

  • Barnham and Arundel

  • Barnham and Angmering via Littlehampton

Trains will run to an amended timetable between Arundel / Angmering and London Victoria, and between Angmering and Brighton. Trains will also run to an amended timetable between Portsmouth Harbour and Bognor Regis.

No Southern trains will run to and from Southampton. You can use your ticket on South Western Railway trains between Portsmouth and Southampton Central at no extra cost.

Changes to services through East Croydon

Due to engineering work, the following service changes will be made:

  • London Victoria - Gatwick Airport / Brighton / other south coast destinations: Trains will run to an amended timetable with extended journey times

  • Tulse Hill - East Croydon via Streatham: Trains will be diverted and run to and from West Croydon

  • London Victoria - Reigate: Trains will be amended to run between Redhill and Reigate only. Please use alternative Southern or Thameslink trains at no extra cost to travel between London and Redhill

Until 08:00: Changes to trains between Clapham Junction and London Victoria / Shepherds Bush

Due to early morning engineering work, the following service changes will be made:

No Southern trains will run between Clapham Junction and Shepherds Bush. You should travel by later trains instead.

Trains towards London Victoria will not call at Battersea Park:

  • If you are travelling from Battersea Park towards London Victoria, you should travel to Clapham Junction, then change for a train back towards London Victoria

  • If you are travelling to Battersea Park from Clapham Junction, then you should travel to London Victoria and then catch the next train back to Battersea Park

A few early morning replacement buses will run between Battersea Park and London Victoria / Clapham Junction in order to help connections with early trains.

Monday 25 May - Late May Bank Holiday

Amended Southern service on Late May Bank Holiday Monday

As a result of the Bank Holiday, Southern will run an amended train service all day on Monday 25 May.

Changes to services to and from East Grinstead and Uckfield

Due to engineering work closing the lines between South Croydon and Oxted, buses will be replacing trains between:

  • Purley and East Grinstead via Upper Warlingham and Oxted

  • Oxted and East Grinstead via Hurst Green, Lingfield and Dormans

  • Oxted and Crowborough via Hurst Green, Edenbridge Town, Hever, Cowden, Ashurst and Eridge

  • Crowborough and Uckfield via Buxted

  • Upper Warlingham and Woldingham

Sanderstead and Riddlesdown will have no train or replacement bus service for nearly all of this closure. If you are travelling to / from Sanderstead, you are advised to use Purley Oaks station and customers travelling to / from Riddlesdown are advised to use Purley Station. Paper tickets will also be accepted on TfL London Buses at no extra cost on routes 403 (South Croydon – Sanderstead) and 412 (South Croydon – Riddlesdown – Purley).

Tickets for journeys on the Uckfield line will also be accepted on Southeastern trains between London Bridge and Tunbridge Wells at no extra cost.

Amended service between London Victoria and Portsmouth Harbour

Due to engineering work in the Portsmouth area, an amended Southern train service will run between London Victoria and Havant only.

You can use South Western Railway replacement buses between Havant and Portsmouth Harbour at no extra cost.

After 22:30: Buses will replace trains between Hastings and Ashford International

Due to late night engineering work, after approximately 22:30, buses will replace trains between Hastings and Ore / Ashford International.

After 23:45: Changes to services between Brighton and Worthing / Littlehampton

Due to late night engineering work, after approximately 23:45, the following changes will be made:

  • Trains between London Victoria and Worthing will be diverted to terminate at Brighton

  • Replacement buses will run between Brighton / Hove and Worthing / West Worthing / Littlehampton

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