Forecasts of very heavy rainfall means Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express will be running a revised service until Monday afternoon (Dec 19).
Network Rail say they're introducing a 40mph speed limit until 2pm on Monday for safety reasons to routes south of Balcombe, in case of landslips and flooding. Up to 4cm of rain is expected.
All stations, including Brighton and those along the coast will see a reduced or delayed service which will have been updated in online journey planners such as nationalrail.co.uk overnight on Sunday. There will also be additional delays and late-notice changes today.
Network Operations Director for Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail Mike Paterson said:
“Regrettably, for safety reasons, speed limits of 40mph are being introduced on the south of the Sussex network because of the heavy rain forecast.
“As a result, we’ll have a revised service in many places, including Brighton, with journeys taking much longer than normal.
“We hope to have the speed restrictions lifted by early afternoon but trains and crew will be out of position and it is likely that disruption will continue into the late afternoon.”
For more information, visit southernrailway.com, thameslinkrailway.com, gatwickexpress.com or nationalrail.co.uk.
Anyone who is delayed by 15 minutes or more can claim Delay Repay compensation at the train firms’ websites.
UPDATE:
Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express are running their normal timetable this morning.
Heavy rain overnight was not as significant as forecast by the Met Office, allowing 40mph speed restrictions to be removed. The revised service did not have to be imposed.
Customers are, however, asked to check live information on the train firm's websites due to possible short notice changes caused by the weather.
A tree blocking the line between Three Bridges and Crawley has been removed but delays through this part of the network are likely to continue until 9am.
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