TRAINS will not run from East Surrey to London Bridge for the next seven days, while the London station is redeveloped as part of £6.5bn Thameslink renovation programme,
Southern and First Capital Connect (FCC) services will be affected, with neither able to call at London Bridge until September 1.
Some Southern London Bridge services will be diverted to London Victoria, some will start and terminate short of their original destination and some will not run at all. FCC services will be diverted away from London Bridge and will run via Elephant & Castle.
London Overground, London Underground, London Buses and London Tramlink will all accept Southern and FCC tickets on any reasonable route to make life easier for commuters during the disruption.
Passengers are being advised to check carefully before travelling to see how their journeys will be affected.
Problems will be compounded by a revised service on the rest of the Southern network during the period.
For information visit www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk, www.southernrailway.com and www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk.
Booklets giving details of what train services will be running and how to get to London Bridge via alternate routes are available at all staffed Southern stations and extra staff will be on hand to help.
Rail bosses claim, when finished, the Thameslink Programme will give passengers "new spacious Thameslink trains, and new robust tracks" as well as "more reliable journeys, with up to 18 trains per hour travelling through London Bridge station."
