Southern Railway is to cancel 341 trains -15% of its services - from next Monday, saying this will reduce the impact on passengers of weeks of disruption caused by staff shortages and industrial action.

This is what the cancellations mean for its services:

  • 95% of the capacity at London's Victoria station in the morning and evening peaks will be maintained, along with 86% and 84% of the morning and evening peak capacity into London Bridge.
  •  Southern's West London Line between Milton Keynes and Clapham Junction will be suspended, with alternative transport arranged with other operators.
  • Redhill station is largely unaffected during peak hours, but there will be no services to London Victoria off-peak - only Thameslink and Southern Horsham services to London Bridge - so passengers will need to change at East Croydon.
  • Trains will shuttle between Tonbridge and Reigate because through trains to London Victoria will not run, with the exception of three trains from Reigate in the morning - 0727 Reigate to London Bridge, and 0740 and 0752 to London Victoria. Passengers on the Southern Tonbridge route will have to change at Redhill.
  • Gatwick Express services in the peak period are largely unaffected but there is a reduced off-peak service.
  • East Coastway has no peak service reduction in trains to London, although Rye and Ashford shuttles are removed during peak hours, with replacement buses being organised. Extra stops are being put into Brighton to Ashford services to cover Falmer where Seaford services are to be withdrawn.
  • Between Seaford and Lewes, most services will replaced by buses other than the Seaford to London Victoria services.
  • There will be mo through services on the Metro route to and from Beckenham Junction.
  • West Coastway Brighton to Southampton services are mostly withdrawn. Passengers should catch Brighton to Portsmouth trains and change at Barnham on to the London Victoria to Southampton trains which are still running. From 0735 to 1014 there will be no stopping services between Chichester and Havant so replacement buses are being provided. Between 0851 and 1115 there will be two buses each way between Havant and Chichester.
  • Wimbledon services, which run only in the peak (six in the morning and three in the evening), are withdrawn but Thameslink has an alternative.
  • Guildford's two direct peak services to and from London Victoria (two to Victoria in the morning and two back again in the evening) are withdrawn.

Also see: The Southern Railway revised timetable