| New overnight train service at Gatwick to launch Posted by grahame at 15:40, 3rd April 2026 |     |
From The BBC
A new overnight train service to and from Gatwick Airport will begin operating for the summer.
Great Western Railway (GWR) said services between the airport and Reading, via Redhill, Reigate, Dorking and Guildford, would begin operating from 6 June.
The service will operate for 12 weeks on a trial basis, with two services from Reading to Gatwick and three return services every Saturday morning, plus one service from Reading and two from Gatwick every Monday morning.
The trains will run down the North Downs line, which has been closed on multiple occasions over the last few years so maintenance can take place.
Currently, GWR services only run between 04:30 and 23:30, meaning passengers with early departures or late arrivals which make up over 20% of Gatwick's daily traffic are not able to reach the airport by rail from the west.
The operator said it would assess how popular the services were and would consider if overnight services on a longer term basis were possible.
Great Western Railway (GWR) said services between the airport and Reading, via Redhill, Reigate, Dorking and Guildford, would begin operating from 6 June.
The service will operate for 12 weeks on a trial basis, with two services from Reading to Gatwick and three return services every Saturday morning, plus one service from Reading and two from Gatwick every Monday morning.
The trains will run down the North Downs line, which has been closed on multiple occasions over the last few years so maintenance can take place.
Currently, GWR services only run between 04:30 and 23:30, meaning passengers with early departures or late arrivals which make up over 20% of Gatwick's daily traffic are not able to reach the airport by rail from the west.
The operator said it would assess how popular the services were and would consider if overnight services on a longer term basis were possible.
| Re: New overnight train service at Gatwick to launch Posted by ChrisB at 15:52, 3rd April 2026 | |
Services will leave Reading at 0228 and 0330 on Saturdays and 0324 on Mondays.
From Gatwick, trains will depart at 0030, 0124 and 0400 on Saturdays and 0024 and 0400 on Mondays.
