NO TRAINS THIS WEEKEND

[admin]

In from TfL:

On Saturday and Sunday, there is no service between New Cross Gate and Crystal Palace/West Croydon due to Network Rail track maintenance work.

Which presumably means Southern will not be running either. Please note this includes SATURDAY as well as SUNDAY which is unusual.

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[Rachael]

Yes, Southern has a replacement bus service.

Bad news for the Arsenal ticket holders in the Dunlop household this weekend...

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[Robin Orton]

Does anyone know whether the replacement buses run on any sort of timetable? Do they stop at all stations (e.g. FH as well as Sydenham)?

[admin]

Robin - I don't know. However, unless you have a pre-booked or season ticket it will probably be cheaper and faster to use the 176 (north) or 75/197 (south) to reach most destinations. These do have timetables and, even better, TfL's natty mobile website http://m.tfl.gov.uk (get live bus arrivals) will tell you when the next few buses are due to arrive at your bus stop.

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[Robin Orton]

I need to get to Goldsmiths' College, so I guess it's the 122 and the 171.

[admin]

Or take the train from Lower Sydenham to New Cross: 13 minutes.
See http://nationalrail.co.uk

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[sean]

Replacement buses travel to each train station.

[alywin]

I fear there's going to be a lot more of this over the next few weeks (see http://www.sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewto ... f=1&t=7088) - day *and* night, mainly night, and probably all weekends, I think.

[Manwithaview1]

Does anyone know whether the replacement buses run on any sort of timetable? Do they stop at all stations (e.g. FH as well as Sydenham)?

They stop at every station and previously used to run every 15 mins, not sure about this time

[Manwithaview1]

No trains next weekend either

http://www.southernrailway.com/your-jou ... ent-works/

[alywin]

We seem to have got very slack at (given up?) bumping these various threads, but I thought I should warn people that in addition to the situation at Sydenham (which I believe is no trains, only buses? - to find departures exactly every ten minutes is highly suspicious) this weekend, there are no trains via Penge East/Sydenham Hill on Sunday either.

Nobody actually *wanted* to go anywhere tomorrow, did they?

[Parker1970]

We seem to have got very slack at (given up?) bumping these various threads,

I think we have just become used to it. More often than not there are no trains/overground on the weekend and will remain being often until the crossrail works are finished.