Operator: London Overground
Routes affected:London Overground between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / Clapham Junction / Crystal Palace / West Croydon
Twitter Hashtag:Description of Incident
Engineering work is taking place at various locations on the Windrush line, closing all lines used by London Overground.
After 20:00, no trains will run between Highbury & Islington and New Cross / Clapham Junction / Crystal Palace / West Croydon.
Last northbound trains:
- 18:33 West Croydon to Highbury & Islington
- 18:34 Crystal Palace to Highbury & Islington
- 18:44 Clapham Junction to Dalston Junction
- 19:29 New Cross to Dalston Junction
Last southbound trains:
- 18:59 Dalston Junction to New Cross
- 19:06 Dalston Junction to Clapham Junction
- 19:12 Highbury & Islington to Crystal Palace
- 19:19 Highbury & Islington to 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 for Highbury & Islington
- Mildmay line for Canonbury and Dalston Kingsland (Dalston Junction)
- Jubilee line for Canada Water
- District, Hammersmith & City lines or Elizabeth line for Whitechapel
- Docklands Light Railway services for Shadwell
- London Bus routes 149 / 243 for journeys between Dalston Junction, Haggerston and Hoxton.
- London Bus routes 26 / 149 / 242 for journeys between Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street.
- London Bus routes 205 for journeys between Shoreditch High Street and Whitechapel
- London Bus routes D3 for journeys between Whitechapel, Shadwell and Wapping
- London Bus routes C10 for journeys between Canada Water and Rotherhithe
- London Bus routes 188 / 199 for journeys between Canada Water and Surrey Quays
- London Bus routes 47 and 53 / 453, 225 and 177 for journeys between Surrey Quays and New Cross Gate / New Cross
- London Bus routes 171 / 171 between New Cross Gate and Brockley
- London Bus route P4 between Brockley and Honor Oak Park
- London Bus routes P4 and 197 / 176 or P12 and 122 between Honor Oak Park and Forest Hill / Sydenham
- Southern services between Crystal Palace, Norwood Junction and East Croydon
- London Bus route 157 for journeys between Crystal Palace, Anerley and Norwood Junction
- London Bus routes 122 or 450 between Sydenham and Crystal Palace
- London Bus routes 176 and 197 between Sydenham and Penge West
- London Trams between East Croydon and West Croydon
- London Bus routes P12 or 225 / 381 and 177 / 436 between Surrey Quays and Queens Road Peckham
- London Bus route P12 between Surrey Quays and Peckham Rye
- Jubilee line to Southwark and local bus 40 to Denmark Hill
- Northern line to / from Clapham North for High Street Clapham
- Mildmay line or National Rail services to / from Clapham Junction and London Bus route 87 to /from Wandsworth Road
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 Docklands Light Railway / London Trams / London Underground / London Buses by using the Transport for London Journey Planner
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