Passengers across south east London have been warned of disruption to train services this bank holiday weekend.

Refurbishment and upgrade projects are taking place across the network, including track renewals in the Lewisham area to strengthen vulnerable earthworks in Barnehurst.

On Saturday, there will be replacement bus services between Sevenoaks and Orpington and New Cross, Lewisham, Bexleyheath and Dartford with some Hastings trains diverted via East Croydon.

On Sunday and Monday, there will be replacement buses between New Cross, Lewisham, Bexleyheath and Dartford, as Victoria to Dartford trains won’t be running on that day with Hayes trains running to Charing Cross only.

Network Rail Kent route director Fiona Taylor, said: “Over 95% of our network is operating as usual this bank holiday as people get out and about as the country continues to unlock.

"Since Covid, we’ve seen weekend travel recover much faster than weekday journeys, in some cases even busier than before.

"I’m really pleased that by working closely with Southeastern, our main route to the beaches of Margate and Broadstairs is open, with high speed trains for Folkestone running as normal and trains for Hastings diverted via a different route.

“That said, we’re still carrying out a limited number of works which will impact some passengers so I’d urge those travelling to check their journeys before they set off.”

Network Rail and Southeastern have planned the works so that passengers can continue to travel to holiday destinations in Kent and East Sussex.

Scott Brightwell, Train Services Director at Southeastern, said: “We want people to travel with us over the holiday weekend and visit some of the great destinations on our network.

“We do have essential improvement work taking place in a small number of locations, where buses will run instead of trains, but this shouldn’t add too much time to your journey. As always do check before you travel.”

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