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As the title suggests, SN and TL services are facing major disruption due to various incidents across the network, including: a person hit by a train at Billingshurst; a person hit by a train at Balcombe; a 700 with a locked wheel axle, preventing the train from continuing without (what I think...

As the title suggests, 313212 derailed as it was leaving Bognor this morning. RAIB are investigating and GTR and NR will be trying to re-rail the unit and repair the points in the meantime. I believe the service involved was 2P03 Bognor Regis to Littlehampton. There were passengers onboard...

GTR are saying that there was an operational incident at Ore last night that will be affecting services all day today. As I understand it, an operational incident is usually something like a SPAD or wrong-side door release, so I'm wondering how this one incident is still causing disruption 24...

I saw a tweet this morning to Southern Rail from a surprised passenger who found himself on a train that wasn't in service. Looking further into it, it seems that the passenger was travelling from the south coast into London Bridge, but fell asleep. He then ended up in the suburbs of London on...

Reports of the 17:06 ex-East Grinstead hitting the buffers at Victoria, platform 19. The unit involved is 377 142. Delays expected well into the evening as platforms 19 and 18 are both blocked. https://twitter.com/helengibbons/status/1126175227728232448...

So, on the first day of the blockade it seems GTR have already messed up on the replacement buses. This week saw plenty of confusion surrounding the fast buses between Brighton and Three Bridges, which usually operate on weekend line closures. Over the last few days, the Twitter team had...

Reports coming in of smoke filling the carriages of 313 201. A rescue train has just left Brighton. One person has mentioned that the train was 'wobbling and making a horrible gurning sound' on the approach to Shoreham.

Between the dates stated in the thread title, all lines through Lewes will be closed to allow for a major signalling upgrade (specifically, completing the process of moving all signalling control to Three Bridges from Lewes and Newhaven signal boxes). Unlike the previous weekend closures in the...

A major signalling failure in the Redhill area, compounded by the fast (Quarry) lines being blocked as a result of planned engineering works, has caused caused right across the GTR network this evening. Delays of up to 2 hours have been common on several coastal services. There was a build up...

Well, 12 months later and - as predicted - here we are again ;) GTR, on the advice of the emergency services, local authorities and transport operators, have decided to close Lewes, Falmer, Glynde, Southease and Cooksbridge stations after 5pm on Monday 5 November. Of course, being on a Monday...

Tonight's certainly trying to live up to Monday's madness; two instances of people being hit by trains earlier on in the day (albeit one was at Bushey) and now, what appears to be, a total loss of signalling between Streatham Common and Selhurst. Far from a good week on Southern.

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #8 originally in this thread. A similar cock-up unfolding at Gatwick this afternoon, with a two-day blockade between Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges leading to massive queues for bus replacement services outside of the Airport. BTP have actually considered closing the...

I've noticed that more and more peak time services are being formed of less coaches recently (i.e. booked for 12, but shortened to 8). Examples include 1F80 Eastbourne-London Bridge, 1F81 London Bridge-Eastbourne and 1F42 London Victoria-Eastbourne & Ore. All of these services have been...

A person has been struck by 1B47 at East Croydon, platform 2, closing platforms 1-4. All services are being diverted onto the down slow after Balham, so it's easy to imagine how congested it is between Victoria and Croydon at present. This isn't being helped by a points failure at Croydon...

Down Brighton is blocked at the moment; 1A88 has just departed Haywards Heath towards Wivelsfield via the Up Brighton...thank God for bi-directional working! Southern's Twitter people say the CCTV suggests that kids placed the bike on the tracks. 1B47, which was stuck behind the incident...

The doors on 1F81 London Bridge-Eastbourne were released on the wrong side at Hampden Park earlier. For those who aren't familiar with the station, there are just two platforms (platform 1 for Brighton/London or Hastings/Ashford (controlled by Willingdon Junction) and platform 2 for Eastbourne)...

What is going on with these units at the moment? They seem to be completely unreliable with many services on the Marshlink and Uckfield lines cancelled or, in the latter line's case, short formed due to faults. To give an example, many Marshlink services were curtailed at Hastings this...

It started off with a fault with signalling equipment between Balcombe Tunnel and Haywards Heath, resulting in drivers having to gain verbal permission to pass signals on both lines, and there is now a lineside fire just south of Stoats Nest Junction, blocking the down fast. Let's hope the...

The latest I'm hearing is that a 377 (not sure of the unit number) caught fire at Eastbourne, platform 3, earlier on this morning. Apparently the burning smelt as if it had something to do with the electrics. I also heard a rumour (I'm not sure of the accuracy of it) that the fire service...

Owing to a fire on the northbound track at Wivelsfield, the evening peak has been absolutely ruined. I believe the line had reopened a short while ago, but has since closed again as another problem was discovered. The southbound line is open as usual (I'm not sure if there's a TSR on it), but...