The signalling power supplies have had a major failure which is still being diagnosed and repaired. There was a “quick fix” implemented around 0100 but it didn’t last.
An appropriate generator is being sourced to provide stable power supplies but may be anything up to a few hours away (yes, this is being worked on).
Affected areas are South of Balham to Selhurst and vice versa, and Streatham to Haydons Road and v/v. Affects the signals, track circuits and points on all lines.
Loads of ticket acceptance in place. Trains to Victoria will be diverted via Crystal Palace or sent over to London Bridge where at all possible. Advice is not to travel to Victoria, though. No GX, many coastal trains terminating at East Croydon or Three Bridges and starting back from there, etc.
Those TL services which still exist will still run on the London Bridge route, but obviously the Wimbledoon Loop will be rather worse affected.
One unusual thing... some GWR services may be asked to call all stations Gatwick - Redhill...
Wow. They are actually doing that. The disruption to GWR services can't be insignificant, given they have to do it both ways. This will make drivers late for their next working. What about their minimum hours between workings? Shame I don't have time to travel on it.
I can't believe GWR are really doing this, given the amount of times the trains are terminated at Redhill due to late running!. It can add an hour onto ones journey to Gatwick Airpprt when they do that and I never see any GTR services diverted via Redhill to help when this occurs. At least this has been my recent experience. Maybe someone can givee an example of GTR helping GWR.
Take the 20.00 Gatwick Airport to Reading. that was started short from Redhill on Tuesday. The next train to Redhill from Gatwick Aiport isn't timetabled until 20.33 so you miss the 20.34 from Redhill to Reading. Next train from Gatwick to Reading not until 21.00 and it left about 8 minutes late.
So why not leave Gatwick Airport earlier to reach Redhill? Well according to today's timetable at least, the previous service is at 19.19. One wouldn't even know the train was due to be cancelled at that time.
Of you arrived at 19.10 and decided to wait for the 20.00, you be waiting for almost 2 hours, as the 21.00 left late. Of course in that time you might go via London, depending on when your told the 20.00 is cancelled.
Whether Southern diverted a service via Redhill to enable people to get the 20.00 from there or the 20.34, I don't know as I wasn't there the whole time.
So what I'm saying is I think is great that GWR are helping our GTR but it needs to be reciprocal and not just in one direction.
