Over the Easter weekend, train services in southeast London, Kent, and East Sussex will be severely disrupted because of engineering work.

From Good Friday, 18th to Easter Monday, 21st April, London Victoria will be closed, with trains diverted to London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross, or London Blackfriars.

Brixton station will also be closed. There will also be no trains between Grove Park, Sundridge Park, and Bromley North.

Also, from Good Friday, the 18th to Easter Monday, the 21st of April, there will be no trains between Eastbourne and Hastings and Canterbury West and Ramsgate.

Easter Sunday, 20th and Easter Monday, 21st April

• No trains on the Bexleyheath Line.
• Passengers should use alternative services between London Cannon Street, London Bridge and New Cross.
• Rail-replacement buses will run from New Cross to stations on the Bexleyheath line.

Engineering work will also affect South Western Railway services over the Easter weekend in southwest London and the Southampton, Portsmouth, and Bournemouth areas.

For ten weeks starting in mid-May, there will be no train services through Blackheath because of essential repairs to Blackheath Tunnel.

“Engineers will be working on the tracks across our network this Easter to deliver more reliable journeys for passengers. It does mean that, for these works to go ahead, some of our services in London and near Eastbourne will be operating differently to usual either being diverted, on a bus, or not running. We advise passengers to check a journey planner, like the Southern website, before travelling and again before leaving home. We ll have staff at stations and onboard trains to keep passengers moving.”

Jenny Saunders, customer service director for Govia Thameslink Railway