A person has been hit by a train between Caterham and Purley. Whilst the emergency services carry out their work, all lines between these stations are closed. Trains will be cancelled.

This is expected until 12:00.

Customer Advice

A person has been struck by a train on this part of the network.

Your journey is likely to be severely delayed. Some trains will be revised, only completing parts of their normal journeys. There will also be some cancellations.

Please allow an extra 30 minutes to travel as you will have to use another transport provider, and possible an alternative route, ticket acceptance is listed below.

Services that normally run between London Bridge and Caterham / Tattenham Corner are suspended. Please use alternative trains from London Bridge to East Croydon / Purley.

Ticket acceptance on alternative routes:

• Southern and Thameslink services on any reasonable route, including between London and Epsom, Epsom Downs, Gatwick Airport, and Oxted.
• South Western Railway services between Epsom and London Waterloo
• London Trams services between East and West Croydon
• London Underground services between London Terminals
• London Overground services between West Croydon and New Cross Gate
• Metrobus:
  • 420 for Sutton, Belmont, Tattenham Corner, Tadworth, Reigate, Redhill
  • 460 for Epsom, Tadworth, Tattenham Corner, Tadworth, Reigate, Redhill, Earlswood (A23), Salfords (Church), Gatwick Airport and Crawley
  • 480 for Epsom and Tattenham Corner

Planning your journey:

Live departure boards can be found here.

You can view a live map of the network here.

You can also see an alternative route guide here.

You can also use Southern app to find up-to-date information.

Alternative stations/walking routes

From Tattenham Corner you can walk to Epsom Downs which takes approximately 30 minutes. Epsom Downs station can be used for alternative Southern train services towards London Victoria via Sutton and West Croydon. Walking route can be found here.

From Whyteleafe you can walk to Upper Warlingham which takes approximately 7 minutes. Upper Warlingham can be used for alternative services towards London Victoria. Walking route can be found here..

From Coulsdon Town you can walk to Coulsdon South which takes approximately 13 minutes. Coulsdon South can be used for alternative Southern and Thameslink services towards London and Gatwick. Walking route can be found here.

Can you tell me more about the incident?

A person has been hit by a train on this part of the network, and Southern are working with Network Rail and the emergency services to deal with this incident as sensitively, quickly and safely as possible.

If you've been affected by what happened on the network today, there is always someone to talk to. You can contact the Samaritans on 116 123 from any phone for a confidential chat.

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.