The RMT Union has called nationwide rail strikes today, with action severely affecting Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern lines from today until Sunday, June 26th.
Staff at Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express are not on strike, but the strikes will severely impact services in Sussex with very limited trains operating.
The AA says traffic on the roads is likely to heavily increase, however, Southern says alternatives to train services such as replacement buses and use of tickets with other train and bus operators is not possible.
The message from Southern today:
"Between Tuesday 21 June and Sunday 26 June inclusive, please only travel if your journey is absolutely necessary, and expect severe disruption. The railway will operate limited opening hours with services starting later and finishing much earlier than usual. On strike days, the last trains will finish late afternoon. Please check your first and last trains carefully, as there will be no alternative travel outside of these services.
"We recognise that it will be very difficult to travel and our advice, regrettably, is to travel only if your journey is absolutely necessary."
Services between London Bridge / London Victoria and South coast
London Victoria and Brighton
Two trains per hour will run between London Victoria and Brighton, calling at London Victoria, Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath and Brighton only.
London Bridge and Brighton
Two trains per hour will run between London Bridge and Brighton, calling at London Bridge, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Balcombe, Hayward’s Heath, Wivelsfield, Burgess Hill, Hassocks, Preston Park and Brighton only.
London Bridge and Gatwick Airport
Two trains per hour will run between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport, calling at London Bridge, Norwood Junction, East Croydon, Purley, Redhill, Earlswood, Salfords, Horley and Gatwick Airport only.
London Bridge and Three Bridges
Two trains per hour will run between London Bridge and Three Bridges, calling at London Bridge, Norwood Junction, East Croydon, Coulsdon South, Merstham, Redhill, Horley, Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges only.
Brighton and Hove
Two trains per hour will run between Brighton and Hove only.
Gatwick Express services will not run on Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 June
Last trains from London on 21, 23 and 25 June 2022
From London Bridge to:
- Brighton - 17:35
- Gatwick Airport - 18:05
- Tattenham Corner - 18:02
From London Victoria to:
- Brighton - 17:50
- Epsom Downs - 17:00
- Norwood Junction (via Crystal Palace) - 18:06
- Sutton via Mitcham Junction - 17:11
- Sutton via Selhurst and West Croydon - 17:30
From Brighton to:
- Gatwick Airport - 17:40
- Hove - 18:09
- London Bridge - 16:54
- London Victoria - 17:40
Information from Southernrailway.com.
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