Travel news: Rail strike hits Southern services

A rail strike, originally planned for Friday May 20, has been moved to today. Passengers are warned that there may be long queues at the stations that are open. If you are travelling to stations between Crawley and Chichester, between Hove and Littlehampton / Bognor Regis, or between London Road and Eastbourne, your last connecting train from London may be as early as 4.30pm. Southern has announced that no service is expected on these routes: Clapham Junction to Milton Keynes via Kensington Olympia Dorking to Horsham Oxted to Uckfield Haywards Heath to Lewes Preston Park to Hove Lewes to Seaford Eastbourne to Ashford International via Hastings (Southeastern services will operate between St Leonards Warrior Square and Hastings as normal) Chichester to Havant / Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central (South West Trains and Great Western Railway services will operate between Havant and Portsmouth Harbour / Southampton Central as normal) Redhill to Tonbridge Redhill to Reigate (Great Western Railway services will operate on this route as normal) Earlswood, Salfords and Faygate stations will not be served A limited service is expected to run on the following routes: London Bridge - East Grinstead Three Bridges - Chichester Brighton - Bognor Regis Brighton - Eastbourne London Victoria - Three Bridges A revised service is expected to run between London and Brighton Southern Metro and Thameslink services will operate as normal, but trains on many routes are expected to be extremely busy. Gatwick Express services will be largely unaffected but all are expected to be extremely busy with some trains unable to call at certain stations. Passengers are advised to allow more time for your journey and to avoid peak times. Passengers may use the following services on any reasonable route: Southeastern (excluding high speed services) South West Trains London Overground London Underground Croydon Tramlink Great Western Railway London Midland Anyone who already has a ticket but decides not to travel today can return the ticket to the original retailer for a full refund. For more information visit: http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/strike Don’t miss out on all the latest breaking news where you live. Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be amongst the first to know what’s going on. 1) Make our website your homepage 2) Like our Facebook page 3) Follow us on Twitter 4) Register with us by clicking on ‘sign in’ (top right corner). You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here. And do share with your family and friends - so they don’t miss out! Always the first with your local news. Be part of it.