Disruption between East Croydon and Redhill expected until 09:00

There is disruption to Southern services in the Purley area this morning.

A train shuttle service between Tattenham Corner and Coulsdon Town. At Coulsdon Town you will need to take a local bus to connect to Purley Station for onward travel.

There will be no train service between Purley and Caterham. Ticket acceptance is in place with London Buses. We are also looking to have rail replacement buses running in the area. We will update you when these are confirmed.

There will also be no trains stopping at Purley Oaks in the direction of London.

Customers that are at Purley Oaks that need to travel towards London should take a train to Purley and change for a return service. Alternatively, Sanderstead station, where services are running normally, is a 7 minute walk away. A map of the walking route can be found here.

Customers that require Purley Oaks should continue through to South Croydon and change for a return service

You can use your ticket on the following, at no extra cost:

• London Buses between Redhill and East Croydon
• METROBUS via any reasonable route

To help plan your journey, you can find an alternative route map here.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

A defective piece of track has been found on the stopping line between Purley and Purley Oaks station. Network Rail engineers are on site working hard to fix the fault, so we can resume running on the line once more. Unfortunately, until this is fixed, no trains can run through platforms 3-6 at Purley, meaning the  Oaks station, in the direction of East Croydon.