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City Thameslink station to get 10 new escalators during closure from mid-May to late December 2027 as part of major escalator replacement programme
Passengers will need to use London Blackfriars station as an alternative station during the upgrade.
Emergency landslip works mean buses replace trains between Redhill and Tonbridge
- Buses to replace trains between Redhill and Tonbridge between Wednesday 28 October and Sunday 1 November
- Engineers will be installing sheet piles to prevent protect the railway from a further landslip in the Godstone area
- Passengers encouraged to plan ahead and check before they travel
Trains through Redhill to be affected by major track improvement work this Christmas and New Year
Passengers are being asked to plan ahead of major engineering work at Redhill this Christmas and New Year as Network Rail carries out a range of railway improvement, maintenance and renewal work
Starting Saturday: Improvements coming for Havant’s railway in October
- Improvement work takes place between Saturday 24 October and Sunday 1 November, affecting train services through Havant
- The latest track and signalling improvements are part of two major projects to provide a more reliable railway for South Western Railway and Southern customers
- Customers should plan their journeys carefully, as buses will replace trains in the Chichester, Guildford, Havant, Petersfield, Portsmouth and Southampton areas
Rail industry crackdown as trespassing criminals in Sussex cause nearly 110,000 minutes of delays for passengers in a year
- In Sussex, the number of trespass incidents on the railway rose from 715 in 2021/22 to 951 in 2025/26 – an increase of over 200 in five years
- Trespass crime caused nearly five months of delays to passengers and cost the industry over £10 million in delay costs
- Across the national network cable theft alone caused over 2,100 hours of delays and saw delay costs double to £6.8m in 2025/26
- New crackdown campaign sees rail industry and British Transport Police work closer together to tackle trespass and railway crime
- New technology and better evidence gathering to bring more offenders to justice and reduce impact on passengers
Plan ahead: Improvements coming for Havant’s railway in October
- Improvement work takes place between Saturday 24 October and Sunday 1 November, affecting train services through Havant
- The latest track and signalling improvements are part of two major projects to provide a more reliable railway for South Western Railway and Southern customers
- Customers should plan their journeys carefully, as buses will replace trains in the Chichester, Guildford, Havant, Petersfield, Portsmouth and Southampton areas
Network Rail and Southern Railway complete major recovery and repair programme as Haywards Heath to Lewes line set to reopen on 1 September
An extensive programme of work to rebuild and reinstate the railway has taken place allowing train services to resume.
Positive progress being made in restoring railway between Haywards Heath and Lewes following derailment
Engineers are making good progress in restoring the railway ready for train services to resume on Tuesday 1 September.
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