Incident causes major train disruption between Gatwick and Haywards Heath

There is currently major disruption between Haywards Heath and Three Bridges as emergency services deal with an incident in the Balcombe area.

Thameslink say that all lines running between those stations are closed with journeys taking longer than usual. They also say that trains running between Haywards Heath and Gatwick Airport may either be cancelled, severely delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised.

This major disruption is expected to continue until 1pm.

Rail operators strongly advise passengers to delay travelling until later.

The following changes to services are currently in place:

• Services between Littlehampton and London Victoria will run between Littlehampton and Haywards Heath only. This will be an hourly service.

• Services between Ore / Eastbourne and London Victoria will run between Ore and Haywards Heath only. This will be an hourly service.

• Services between Brighton and Cambridge are suspended.

• Gatwick Express services between Brighton and London Victoria will run between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria only.

• Services between Brighton and Bedford will run between Brighton and Haywards Heath and Three Bridges and Bedford only.

• Services between London Kings Cross and Cambridge will stop additionally at Ashwell & Morden.

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