Planned engineering work
See if improvement works will affect your journey on Gatwick Express.
Planned engineering work
- To maintain and improve the railway, Network Rail carries out regular planned engineering works on the Gatwick Express network
- Work normally takes place at weekends or after 10 pm – but occasionally services are impacted at other times
- Information will be available here as soon as it is available
- Please check before travelling, and see our live departures and arrivals for up-to-the-minute information
Planning a journey or buying a ticket in advance?
To help plan your journey in advance, we have worked with our industry partners to upload the dates and locations of planned engineering works into the engineering works calendar below.
Online journey planners, such as National Rail Enquiries, may only be updated with works close to when they are due to happen. To find out more simply click the date that you wish to travel on the calendar below to get the full details of planned works as well as if these works have been uploaded to online journey planners.
- The furthest date that engineering work alterations have been included in online journey planners is available here
- The furthest date Advance Fares have been released for is available here
- Some tickets may not be available online during engineering works. If you're unable to find your usual ticket, please use the ticket vending machines or ask at the station ticket office
Always check before you travel using our Journey planner, National Rail Enquiries or download our App.
Check for planned engineering works affecting your journey
Engineering work for Today
Date:
21 May - 22 May 2022 11:59 PM
Routes affected:
Gatwick Express between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport
Southern between London Victoria and Brighton / Lewes / Horsham / East Grinstead / Eastbourne / Ore / Worthing / Bognor Regis / Littlehampton Portsmouth & Southsea / Portsmouth Harbour / Southampton Central
Engineering work is taking place between London Victoria and East Croydon, closing all lines to / from London Victoria.
Gatwick Express:
No Gatwick Express services will run on Saturday or Sunday.
You can use alternative Southern / Thameslink trains between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport.
Southern:
No trains will run to / from London Victoria on Saturday or Sunday.
On Saturday, trains will not run between London Victoria and Balham. On Sunday, trains will not run between London Victoria and Streatham Hill / East Croydon.
Replacement buses will run between Clapham Junction and Balham on Saturday and between Clapham Junction and East Croydon on Sunday. Some late night / early morning buses will be extended to run to / from London Victoria.
Most trains will be amended to run to / from London Bridge instead of London Victoria, and will run to an amended timetable.
No direct trains will run between Reigate and London, please change at Redhill when travelling to / from London.
No trains will call at stations between London Bridge and East Croydon via Sydenham.
No trains will run between East Croydon / Clapham Junction and Watford Junction / Milton Keynes Central. For these services, you can use London Underground between Clapham Junction and London Euston, and London Northwestern Railway services between London Euston and Watford Junction / Milton Keynes Central.
Ticket acceptance:
You can use your ticket on:
- London Underground services between London Victoria and Clapham Junction / Balham / London Bridge, and also between London Bridge and Canada Water.
- London Bus routes 170 / 255 / 319 between Balham and Streatham Hill.
- London Overground between Canada Water and Crystal Palace / West Croydon.
- South Western Railway services between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction.
Check before you travel:
You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
You can plan your journey on London Underground / London Buses by using the Transport for London Journey Planner
Replacement Bus Travel Advice:
For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use this page.
You can find the location of your bus replacement by checking station signs or by searching for your station on our station information pages.
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