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Improvement works
From time to time, often at weekends or public holidays, Gatwick Express has to make alterations to train services, usually for planned Improvement works.
Engineering work between London Victoria and Clapham Junction on Sunday 26 February 2012
Gatwick Express
The following train services will NOT run:
- 15 and 45 minutes past the hour London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- 05 and 35 minutes past the hour Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
Southern
London Victoria - Epsom train service will NOT run, passengers should use alternative services.
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Engineering work between Battersea Park and Streatham Common / Streatham Hill on Sunday 4 March 2012
Gatwick Express
The following services will NOT run:
- 15 and 45 minutes past the hour - London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- 05 and 35 minutes past the hour - Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
Southern
Until 05:50
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains to / from London Victoria will be diverted to run via Tulse Hill and Herne Hill.
- Buses will run between London Victoria and Clapham Junction / East Croydon.
All day
The following alterations will apply:
- A half hourly bus service will run between Balham and West Croydon
- Buses will run between Purley and Caterham
- Trains between London Victoria and Sutton, via Crystal Palace, will not run.
- Trains between London Victoria and Caterham will not run.
- Trains between London Victoria and Epsom will not run. Customers are advised to use London Victoria and Dorking trains.
- Trains between London Bridge and Crystal Palace are extended to Sutton calling at Norwood Junction, West Croydon, Waddon, Wallington, Carshalton Beeches and Sutton.
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Details of revised timetables have not yet been confirmed, please check back nearer the time of travel.
Engineering work at East Croydon after 21:30 until 05:30 each night from Monday 12 to Thursday 15 March 2012
Gatwick Express
A reduced half-hourly service will run between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
Southern
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains which normally operate between London Victoria and Tattenham Corner will not run
- Trains which normally run between London Bridge and Caterham will be amended to also call at Tattenham Corner
- Trains which normally run between London Bridge and East Croydon (fast services) will start / terminate at Norwood Junction
- Trains between London Victoria and Horsham will call additionally at Selhurst
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Engineering work affecting Gatwick Express on Sunday 18 March 2012
Gatwick Express will run a half hourly service at these times:
- on the hour and 30 minutes past the hour from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- 20 and 50 minutes past the hour from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
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Overnight engineering work at East Croydon from Monday 19 to Thursday 22 March 2012
From approximately 20:45 each evening the following alterations will apply:
Southern
- Services between London Bridge and East Croydon will start / terminate at Norwood Junction
- Services between London Victoria and Tattenham Corner will not run between London Victoria and Purley
- Services between London Victoria and Horsham will call additionally at Selhurst
- Services between London Victoria and East Grinstead will call additionally at Selhurst
Gatwick Express
- Will be reduced to a half hourly service
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Engineering work affecting Gatwick Express and Southern from Monday 26 until Friday 30 March 2012
Monday to Friday
Southern from 20:45:
- Trains between London Bridge and East Croydon will terminate at Norwood Junction
- Trains between London Victoria and Tattenham Corner will only run between Purley and Tattenham Corner
- Trains bewteen Lonndon Victoria and Horsham will call additionally at Selhurst
- Trains between London Victoria and East Grinstead will call additionally at Selhurst
Gatwick Express between 20:45 and 01:00:
- A half hourly service will operate
Tuesday to Friday
- 23:04 London Bridge to Uckfield will terminate at Oxted, a bus will run from Oxted to Uckfield
- 23:49 London Victoria to Oxted will not run. A bus will run from East Croydon to Oxted
- 00:05 London Victoria to Worthing will terminate at Brighton, a bus will run from Brighton to Worthing. Departing Brighton at 01:25.
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Engineering work between London Victoria and Balham on Sunday 1 April 2012
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains between London Victoria and Epsom will not run.
- 15 / 45 miutes past the hour trains from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport will not run.
- 05 / 35 minutes past the hour trains from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria will not run
- Customers travelling between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport should use alternative Gatwick Express trains.
- Trains between London Victoria and Caterham will run between Purly and Caterham and will not call at London Victoria, Clapham Junction, Balham, Streatham Common, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Selhurst and East Croydon,
- Trains between London Victoria and Bognor Regis will call additionally at Selhurst.
- Customers for Epsom should use trains between London Victoria and Dorking.
- Customers for Caterham and East Croydon are advised to travel on London Victoria to Sutton trains, change at Selhurst for London Victoria to Bognor Regis trains.
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Details of revised timetables have not yet been confirmed for Southern, please check back nearer the time of travel.
Engineering work between London Victoria / London Waterloo and Clapham Junction on Sunday 15 April 2012
Gatwick Express
The following trains will not run:
- 15 and 45 minutes past the hour between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
- 05 and 35 minutes past the hour between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria.
Customers should use alternative Gatwick Express trains between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
Southern
Until 06:30
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains travelling from East Croydon to London Victoria are diverted and will not call at Clapham Junction.
- Buses will run between East Croydon and London Victoria calling at Clapham Junction.
- Trains between London Victoria and Clapham Junction are subject to retiming and diversion in both directions.
From 06:30
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains between London Victoria and Epsom will not run. Customers are advised to use trains between London Victoria and Dorking.
- Trains between London Victoria and East Grinstead are diverted to start terminate at London Bridge and will call additionally at Norwood Junction
- Trains from London Victoria to Brighton are retimed to depart London Victoria slightly earlier.
- Trains between London Victoria and Clapham Junction are subject to retiming and diversion in both directions.
South West Trains
London Waterloo - Guildford
The following alterations will apply:
- 10 and 40 minutes past the hour London Waterloo to Guildford, via Woking, will not run.
- On the hour trains from London Waterloo and Guildford, via Cobham, will not run.
- London Waterloo to Guildford, via Leatherhead, will start / terminate at Epsom.
- Until 14:20, buses will run between Epsom and Clapham Junction
- From 14:20, an hourly service will run between Guildford and London Waterloo via Leatherhead.
London Waterloo - Chessington South
The following alterations will apply:
- Until 14:20, buses replace trains between Clapham Junction and Chessington South.
- After 14:20, trains will run hourly between London Waterloo and Chessington South.
London Waterloo - Dorking
The following alterations will apply:
- Until 14:20, trains between London Waterloo & Dorking will not run.
- Customers should travel to Clapham Junction for forward road / rail services to Dorking.
- After 14:20, trains will run hourly between London Waterloo and Dorking.
London Waterloo - Hampton Court
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains between London Waterloo and Hampton Court will not run.
- Until 14:20, buses will replace trains between Hampton Court and Clapham Junction , connecting with trains between Clapham Junction and London Waterloo
- After 14:20, buses will replace trains between Hampton Court and Wimbledon, connecting with trains between Wimbledon and London Waterloo
London Waterloo - Kingston
The following alteration will apply:
- Trains will run between London Waterloo and Kingston via Richmond.
- Buses will run between Kingston and Surbiton.
- Buses will also run between Surbiton and Clapham Junction until 14:20 and between Surbiton and Wimbledon from 14:20
London Waterloo - Basingstoke / Alton
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains are diverted between London Waterloo and Woking via Staines.
- Trains will also call additionally at Vauxhall, Staines, Byfleet & New Haw and West Byfleet.
- Buses will run between Woking and Clapham Junction until 14:20 and between Woking and Wimbledon from 14:20
London Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour
Trains from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour are retimed to depart London Waterloo earlier but will resume normal time after Woking.
London Waterloo - Weymouth
Trains from London Waterloo to Weymouth are retimed to depart London Waterloo earlier but will resume normal time after Woking.
London Waterloo - Reading
The 09 minutes past the hour trains from London Waterloo to Readingwill call additionally at Whitton and Ashford.
London Waterloo - Windsor & Eton Riverside
An hourly service will operate between London Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside.
London Waterloo - Exeter St Davids
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains from London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids, even hour, will now depart London Waterloo at 42 minutes past the hour.
- Trains from London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids, odd hour, will start from Basingstoke and will call additionally at Overton, Whitchurch and Grateley.
- Trains from Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo, even hour, are diverted after Woking to London Waterloo.
- Trains from Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo odd hour, will terminate at Basingstoke.
- 21:15 London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids is retimed to depart London Waterloo at 20:40.
- 21:15 London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids will run additionally.
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Details of revised timetables have not yet been confirmed for Southern. Please check back nearer the time of travel.
Engineering work at East Croydon on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April 2012
Gatwick Express
On Saturday a reduced service will run between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.
Southern
On Saturday and Sunday due to construction work taking place at East Croydon station trains will are subject to retiming and platform alteration.
Saturday
The following alterations will apply:
- Some trains between South Croydon and Watford Junction / Milton Keynes Central will start / terminate at Clapham Junction. Passengers are advised to travel earlier to maintain connections
- Trains which normally run between London Bridge and Uckfield will only run between Oxted and Uckfield. Passengers are advised to use alternative services between London Bridge and Oxted
Sunday
The following alterations will apply:
- Trains which normally run between London Victoria and Caterham will only run between Purley and Caterham. Passengers are advised to use alternative services between London Victoria and Purley
- Trains which normally run between London Bridge and East Croydon via Tulse Hill will be extended to start / terminate at South Croydon
Planning your Journey
Details of revised timetables have not yet been confirmed, please check back nearer the time of travel.


