Disruption to / from East Grinstead expected until 06:00

A failure at the electricity supply at East Grinstead is causing disruption to journeys running to and from this station.

As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

Disruption is expected until 06:00.

Customer advice:

An electrical supply issue at East Grinstead station is disrupting trains on this route.

Trains from London towards East Grinstead may terminate at Hurst Green, returning towards London from there but please ensure to check journey planners which are fully up to date.

This means there may be no trains serving Lingfield, Dormans or East Grinstead stations, and your journey is likely to take at least 45 minutes longer than usual.

You'll need to use replacement road transport or alternative local routes to complete your journey at present.

Ticket acceptance on alternative routes:

Your ticket for this route will be valid at no extra cost on:

• Alternative Southern and Thameslink services on any services to / from Oxted, East Grinstead, Uckfield.
• Alternative Southern services on the Uckfield Line (there will be no connecting bus services between this route and the East Grinstead route).
• METROBUS services between East Grinstead and Three Bridges, as well as buses serving the Lingfield area.

 

If you are at East Grinstead station and require Gatwick, Three Bridges, Haywards Heath you can use METROBUS to connect to these stations.

From Sanderstead you can walk to Purley Oaks, which takes approximately seven minutes. From Purley Oaks, you can board alternative services towards London or Purley.

From Upper Warlingham you can walk to Whyteleafe, which takes approximately four minutes. From Whyteleafe, you can board alternative services to London.

Please remember to check journey planners and station information boards, and allow extra time to reach your destination.  

To see if your journey is affected, please see the live map here.

For our alternative route maps and for help planning your journey, see here.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner

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.