Southern to introduce rail services at London Victoria

Monday the 10th of January 2022 will see Southern Services at London Victoria, Battersea Park, Clapham Junction and Wandsworth Common

The services will run to and from London Victoria and are in addition to the reduced timetable which is currently running in order to allow engineering work through the Christmas period and also an extension of four days due to Covid affecting staff members.

From Monday, the Victoria trains will see eight direct Southern services each hour to London Victoria with connections to existing services at East Croydon, Streatham Common, Balham, Mitcham Junction, Sutton and Epsom.

As more staff members come back to work, Southern plans to roll out a larger service that will bring further direct trains both to and from London Victoria.

At the moment fewer people are travelling as an impact of Omicron and also the Governments guidance to work from home.

Govia Thameslink Railway Interim Chief Operating Officer Angie Doll said: “From Monday, we will begin to run a service to and from Victoria again. Due to the continued significant challenges we face with Covid affecting many of our colleagues, there will be fewer trains than normal. Although we have far fewer people travelling with us at the moment due to the work-from-home directive, passengers may have to change trains to reach their destination. We’re really sorry if this affects your journey.

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“We know from listening to our customers that they want a reliable service, not lots of last-minute cancellations or big gaps between trains. Providing a reliable service for our customers has always been at the heart of our decision making. We are using customer and stakeholder feedback to protect and add as many trains for those who can’t work from home and schools as possible.

“We remain fully focused on running a reliable service. As before, we’d strongly urge people to check before they travel for the latest information and to leave extra time.”