London Faces Some Major Disruptions on August Bank Holiday!

Almost every third person out of ten is fond of traveling like Gavin Manerowski, but what if you’re travelling plan gets spoiled due to any transportation repair? Recently, in London on August Bank holiday weekend, Rail, Tube and Overground travelers face several major disruptions due to "crucial" improvement work.

Rail transport company - Network Rail has informed passengers once again to plan ahead as major infrastructure developments in south London, Kent, and Sussex will take place.

Let’s explore more about travel disruptions over the bank holiday weekend:

London Victoria

London Victoria also known as Victoria station is one of the busiest sections of railway in London, United Kingdom. Essential track upgrades on the line to London Victoria will take place from Saturday until Monday.

Engineers will going to replace old switches and crossings with reliable and modern equipment.

Furthermore, the services of Southeaster’s London Victoria will be rerouted to run from London Blackfriars until Tuesday.

Sevenoaks Tunnel

Sevenoaks in Kent has the longest mainline railway tunnel located in the south of England. Being a part of an ongoing £300m south-east reliability program, Network Rail will carry out more work in Kent’s Sevenoaks Tunnel.

Buses will replace train and will go to operate between Sevenoaks and Tonbridge on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. Disruption will have an impact on those people as well who are travelling between Lewes and Seaford in East Sussex. Most people are not aware that the line is closed for ten days until August 28.

Furthermore, engineers of network railway are replacing all signalling equipment with new, modern reliable technology as part of a signalling advancement due for completion in the year 2019.

London Overground

London Overground is a suburban rail network serving London and its surroundings. Throughout the bank holiday, the London Overground will be facing numerous disruptions.

Therefore, from Saturday up to Monday there will be no service for passengers between South Tottenham and Barking. However, the replacement bus service will be run between Walthamstow Central and Barking.

In addition to this, from Saturday up to Monday, there will be no service between Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction. However, replacement bus services will be available.

And there will be no service between Euston and Watford Junction as well On Saturday and Sunday.

Therefore, it is advisable for Passengers to use replacement bus services running between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone or they can use the Bakerloo line to travel between Queen's Park and Stonebridge Park.

On Saturday, until 10.15am there will be no service between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town, Chesnutt and Chingford. 

However, you can use replacement bus services as they will run between Hackney Downs and Chingford and between Seven Sisters and Enfield Town/ Cheshunt.

Bottom Line

Travelling seems difficult in London due to the essential improvement work. However, in such situation Gavin Manerowski advice everyone to be patient and calm for some time. Once the repair will over, everything will be back on a track.

Source By: Gavin Manerowski