Nine-day Brighton Main Line closure warning


All lines south of Three Bridges will be closed will be closed from 13 February until 21 February inclusive - Image © Getty Images

The Brighton Main Line, one of the busiest stretches of railway in the UK, is set to be closed for nine days in February, operator Greater Thameslink Railway (GTR) has said.

All lines south of Three Bridges will be closed over the half-term period from 13 February until 21 February inclusive, with buses running in place of trains.

GTR said the work was to improve the reliability and safety of the vital route with "significant investment", with works including track renewal, earthworks and renewal of level crossings.

The line to London through Horsham, Bognor Regis and Portsmouth remains open, while trains towards London, Bedford and Cambridge will start and terminate at Three Bridges.

Buses will replace trains between:
* Three Bridges via all stations to/from Brighton
* Three Bridges and Lewes via Haywards Heath and Cooksbridge
* Three Bridges and Haywards Heath
* Haywards Heath and Plumpton
* Lewes and East Grinstead (weekdays only)

GTR said trains on other routes out of Brighton, towards Southampton on the West Coastway and Eastbourne on the East Coastway, would be revised.

Some trains will still run directly between London Victoria and Brighton but will be diverted via Horsham and Littlehampton, meaning longer journeys.

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