Southern: Sussex news
THREE MONTHS TO GO: Brighton Main Line investment will close railway between Three Bridges and Brighton/Lewes for nine days over February half-term
Buses will replace trains as a significant investment on the Brighton Main Line over the February half-term will improve the reliability of the route into the future.
Railway staff and police step up action at Clapham Junction as trespass incidents across the railway in Sussex double in five years
- Railway staff and police join forces with a ‘Day of Action’ at Clapham Junction station on Friday to tackle trespass, anti-social behaviour and help protect vulnerable people
- Recorded trespass incidents across Sussex rose by over 70 between 2024/25 and 2025/26, with the total number of minutes of delays doubling between 2021/22 and 2025/26
- Targeted action includes high-visibility patrols, conversations with passengers and drone flights in the area – with similar operation in August seeing incidents drop by 87% at four locations
Passengers thanked as rail services resume following five-day emergency closure between Redhill and Tonbridge
- Engineers installed sheet piles to protect the railway from a further landslip in the Godstone area
- Additional work carried out to help remove some of the speed restrictions in the area
- Network Rail and Southern thank customers for their understanding during the closure
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
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