Christmas and New Year rail changes. December 23rd 2024 to January 3rd 2025.

Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park:

Mon 23rd - Peak extras to and from London Bridge don't operate. Buses replace the final late services from London Bridge. (Final train service is 2328) The final service on the Windrush line (Overground) operates as normal.

Christmas Eve - Peak extras to and from London Bridge don't operate. Final trains are the 1958 from London Bridge, 1950 from Victoria and on the Windrush line, the final train is the 2141 from Highbury & Islington, this arrives at Whitechapel at 2154 and Canada Water at 2202.

Christmas Day: No service.

Boxing Day, a 15 minute service operates on the Windrush line between Highbury & Islington and West Croydon only. No Southern service. There is no Elizabeth line service from Whitechapel, so use Canada Water for interchange instead.

Friday 27th - No peak extras to and from London Bridge.

Saturday 28th/Sunday 29th - Normal Saturday and Sunday service.

Mon 30th - No peak extras to and from London Bridge.

New Year's Eve - No peak extras to and from London Bridge. The Night Overground will be in operation on the Windrush line operating overnight with services to Crystal Palace and West Croydon. The final Southern services from London Bridge are at Saturday times.

New Year's Day - Sunday service.

Thurs 2nd Jan: Normal weekday timetable resumes with the peak extras to London Bridge resuming.

Catford Bridge/Lower Sydenham:

Mon 23rd: Saturday service.

Christmas Eve: Saturday service with an early finish.

Last train from Charing Cross is the 2108 to Hayes, calling at Waterloo East at 2112 and London Bridge at 2116, departing at 2118.

Final northbound services are the 2133 (from Catford Bridge) to Charing Cross and the 2148 to London Bridge. There is an additional service to Lewisham at 2203.

Christmas Day: No service.

Boxing Day: No service, use Windrush line services from Forest Hill or the DLR from Lewisham.

Friday 27th: Saturday service.

Saturday 28th/Sunday 29th: Normal service.

Monday 30th: Saturday service.

New Year's Eve: Saturday service. An additional overnight service operates every 30 minutes from Charing Cross at 0040, 0110, 0140, 0210 and 0240. After 0240, use the Windrush line to Honor Oak Park and then use bus N171 from Brockley Rise to reach Stanstead Road and surrounding roads close to Catford Bridge.

New Year's Day: A Sunday service operates with the first service to Charing Cross at 0803.

Thurs 2nd/Fri 3rd: Normal weekday service.

Crofton Park/Catford:

There are extensive changes to Thameslink services as the core section is closed for part of the Christmas period.

Monday 23rd: Saturday service including peak extras to Welwyn Garden City.

Christmas Eve: Saturday service including peak extras to Welwyn Garden City with an earlier finish. The final service from Blackfriars is the 2016 which is diverted to Orpington.

Christmas Day: No service.

Boxing Day: No service, use the Windrush line from Brockley or Honor Oak Park.

Friday 27th to Monday 30th: A reduced service operates between Victoria and Sevenoaks operating every hour.

New Year's Eve: A Saturday service operates to Blackfriars. The final service starts from Elephant & Castle at 2350.

New Year's Day: A Sunday service operates with early morning services operating into Victoria, then to Blackfriars from 0911.

Thurs 2nd/Fri 3rd: Normal service.

This post was last modified: 16-12-2024 11:12 PM by rbmartin.