A failure of the electricity supply between Clapham Junction and London Victoria means some lines towards Lonndon Victoria are blocked. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 15 minutes or diverted.
Disruption is expected until 10:00.
Customer Advice:
You may need to allow an extra 30 minutes to complete your journey to London Victoria.
A reduced service will operate to and from London Victoria this morning and Gatwick Express will not run.
Please see below for what services are affected
Gatwick Express
Will not run until the issue is resolved. If you are booked to travel on one of these services you may use any alternative Southern or Thameslink service.
London Victoria to Portsmouth/Southampton/Bognor Regis
These services will be either be diverted to London Bridge or terminated short of London Victoria at either Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport or East Croydon. If your train is terminated short please use alternative Southern services to London Victoria to complete your journey.
London Victoria to London Bridge services
Will run between London Bridge and Streatham Hill only. Please use alternative services from Streatham Hill to London Victoria to complete your journey.
London Victoria to Sutton
A reduced number of services will run between on this route with the services starting at Sutton running to London Victoria cancelled. Services from Epsom Down will run but may be subject to delays of 10 minutes between West Croydon and London Victoria
East Grinstead to London Victoria
Will run but may be subject to delays of 10 minutes between East Croydon and London Victoria
London Victoria to Reigate/Three Bridges
Will run but may be subject to delays of 10 minutes between East Croydon and London Victoria
London Victoria to Epsom/Dorking/Horsham
Will run but may be subject to delays of 10 minutes between Mitcham Eastfields and London Victoria
If your travelling this morning you can use your ticket on any of the following if your train is cancelled;
- Southern on any alternative to London Bridge or Victoria
- Thameslink service to London Blackfriars and London Bridge
- South Western Railway between Clapham Junction and Queenstown Road
- London Underground between London Bridge/ London Victoria/ London Blackfriars
Can you tell me more about the incident?
Currently the stopping line towards London Victoria between Clapham Junction and Battersea Park has a loss of electrical power. This is preventing trains currently running on this line and calling at Battersea Park in the dirrection towards London Victoria. Beacause of this all services to London Victoria will have to use the one remaining line. In order to reduce delay times we have removed some services to reduce congestion on this line.
Check before you travel:
You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner
Twitter:
If you would like to follow this incident on Twitter, please use #LondonVictoria
Compensation:
You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.