Operator: London Overground
Routes affected:London Overground between Startford and Clapham Junction
Southern between Watford Junction and East Croydon
Twitter Hashtag:Description of Incident
Engineering work is taking place between Willesden Junction and Shepherds Bush, closing some lines.
London Overground:
Saturday
No service between Willesden Junction and Shepherds Bush after 20:00.
Last through train:
18:51 Stratford to Clapham Junction.
Sunday
First through trains:
11:23 Stratford to Clapham Junction.
11:59 Clapham Junction to Stratford. 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:
London Bus routes 220 and 337 for journeys between Willesden Junction and Shepherds Bush.
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.
Southern:
From approximately 20:00 on Saturday evening until the end of service until 12:00 on Sunday, no Southern trains will run between Shepherds Bush and Watford Junction. Please use alternative London Overground trains between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction.
Or alternatively, Southern trains between Clapham Junction and London Victoria, London Underground between Victoria and Euston and London Northwestern Railway or London Overground trains between London Euston and Watford Junction.
National Rail ticket acceptance will be in place at no extra cost between:
- London Euston and Watford Junction (London Northwestern Railway)
Paper ticket acceptance will be in place at no extra cost on London Underground / Overground trains after 19:00 on Saturday and until 13:00 Sunday:
- Victoria – Euston (Victoria line)
- Victoria – Shepherds Bush (Circle and Central lines)
- Victoria – West Brompton (District line)
- Oxford Circus – Harrow & Wealdstone (Bakerloo line)
- Clapham Junction – Willesden Junction (Mildmay line)
- London Euston – Watford Junction (Lioness line)
Journey times will be increased when using alternative routes.
Check before you travel:
You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner
You can plan your journey on London Buses / London Underground by using the Transport for London Journey Planner
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