Operator: London Overground
Routes affected:London Overground between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / Clapham Junction / Crystal Palace / West Croydon
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Engineering work is taking place between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / New Cross Gate, closing various lines.
No trains will run between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / Clapham Junction / Crystal Palace / West Croydon.
Saturday:
Two trains per hour will run between West Croydon and London Bridge between 08:00 and 21:00.
An amended train service will run between New Cross Gate and West Croydon before 08:00, and after 21:00.
Sunday:
Four trains per hour will run between New Cross Gate and Sydenham, and 2 trains per hour will run between Sydenham and Crystal Palace / West Croydon.
If you have a National Rail paper ticket or e-ticket, you can use your ticket at no extra cost on the following operators’ services:
- Victoria line or Mildmay line to / from Highbury & Islington
- Mildmay line to / from Canonbury and Dalston Kingsland (Dalston Junction)
- Jubilee line to / from Canada Water
- District, Hammersmith & City or Elizabeth line to / from Whitechapel
- Docklands Light Railway to / from Shadwell
- Jubilee line to / from Southwark and London Bus route 40 to / from Denmark Hill
- Northern line to Clapham North to / from High Street Clapham
- Mildmay line or National Rail services to / from Clapham Junction and London Bus route 87 to / from Wandsworth Road
London Buses:
- 149 / 243 for journeys between Dalston Junction, Haggerston and Hoxton
- 26 / 149 / 242 for journeys between Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street
- 205 for journeys between Shoreditch High Street and Whitechapel
- D3 for journeys between Whitechapel, Shadwell and Wapping
- C10 for journeys between Canada Water and Rotherhithe
- 188 / 199 for journeys between Canada Water and Surrey Quays
- 47 and 53 / 453, 225 and 177 for journeys between Surrey Quays and New Cross Gate/New Cross
- P12 or 225 / 381 and 177 / 436 between Surrey Quays and Queens Road Peckham
- P12 between Surrey Quays and Peckham Rye
If you are using contactless payment / Oyster card, you can also use the above alternative travel options but you will be required to pay the normal tap in / tap out fares for your journey.
Check before you travel:
You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
You can plan your journey on London Underground / London Buses or Docklands Light Railway by using the Transport for London Journey Planner
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