Rail Passengers in South London will see start of upgrades this weekend

Trains between East Croydon and London Victoria will not run this weekend – 27th and 28th November and also from Saturday 25th December to Monday 3rd January 2022 as rail upgrades take place. Most Southern trains are being redirected to London Bridge. The closures will allow Network Rail to carry on their Victoria re-signalling project. This is an extensive programme of work in upgrading signalling and track at key junctions on routes into London Victoria which will provide increased reliability. Pouparts Junction, near Clapham over the Christmas closure, will have a complete overhaul with new ballast and track, along with new signalling equipment in new signal gantries, cables and power supply points along the Balham to London Victoria lines. For more information on the Victoria re-signalling project, visit networkrail.co.uk/VictoriaResignalling . Passengers can enjoy the benefits of the new upgrades sooner by the work being done in ‘blockades’, which is the term used for the week long closures. February next year will see Copyhold junction (near Haywards Heath) rebuilt with new points, and track, along with new track at Burgess Hill. The works will take place from Saturday 19th to Sunday 27th February 2022. The line between Three Bridges, Brighton and Lewes will be closed for these 9 days, with bus replacement services running. The weekends before and after seeing additional work taking place.