Week-long disruption to rail services across south London

It is half-term week, which for rail passengers means a whole load of disruption to their regular services across south London.

Signalling upgrade work started at the weekend and is due to continue until this Friday, November 1, “which will result in major changes to train services across south London”, according to operators Southern.

In total, 11 stations will have no Southern services and 16 stations will have no Thameslink services during this week.

Adrian Lee has worked on the railway for 15 years, trying his hand at a variety of roles. He’s now part of the Streatham Hill ticket office team and is reminding passengers about the engineering work.

“I first joined the railway in 2009 thinking it would be a stop-gap while I studied part-time to become a physiotherapist.

“I enjoyed it more than I thought I would and have been working my way up ever since then. I’ve held lots of different roles on the railway, from my first job working on the gateline at London Bridge, to progressing to team leader, and then becoming the station manager, which was very exciting because I was involved in milestone moments like the London 2012 Olympics and the opening of The Shard.

“In 2021 I started working at the Streatham Hill ticket office, because I’m passionate about helping customers and I like to inform people of the latest developments on the railway, like the south London engineering work. I’ve spent a lot of time telling passengers about this signalling upgrade, because the new equipment will mean fewer faults and delays for people travelling across south London.

“While the major project has been timed for October half-term when generally there are fewer people travelling, it’s still important that everyone plans ahead, as they may need to make changes to their journeys and allow extra time.”

The following stations will have no Southern trains for seven days between Saturday October 26 and Friday November 1 inclusive:

South Bermondsey

Queens Road Peckham

Peckham Rye

East Dulwich

North Dulwich

Tulse Hill

West Norwood

Gipsy Hill

Crystal Palace

Birkbeck

Beckenham Junction

The following stations will have no Thameslink trains between Saturday October 26 and Friday November 1:

Tulse Hill

Streatham

Mitcham Eastfields

Mitcham Junction

Hackbridge

Carshalton

Sutton

West Sutton

Sutton Common

St Helier

Morden South

South Merton

Wimbledon Chase

Wimbledon

Haydens Road

Tooting

The following stations will also have no London Overground train service for the same period to November 1:

Queens Road Peckham

Peckham Rye

Denmark Hill

Clapham High Street

Wandsworth Road

To find out more about the affected stations, visit Southern Rail or Thameslink’s websites.

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