{"id":12994,"date":"2026-08-17T02:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/12994\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T02:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:55:10","slug":"travel-chaos-as-bexley-and-lewisham-trains-hit-with-disruption-this-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/12994\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel chaos as Bexley and Lewisham trains hit with disruption this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Travellers have been issued a warning as several Southeastern trains are set to be hit with disruption this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Passengers have been urged to plan ahead following a series of announced cancellations, <a data-ylk=\"slk:diversions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/topics\/transport\/?ref=ed_direct\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">diversions<\/a> and buses replacements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is due to engineering work that will take place on Sunday (August 16) only. We have broken down the details for you to plan ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">READ MORE: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Warning issued as 7 South London bus routes hit by Arriva strikes - find out here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/news\/26460571.london-bus-strikes-2026-full-list-south-london-routes-dates\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Warning issued as 7 South London bus routes hit by Arriva strikes &#8211; find out here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sunday (August 16):<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Engineering work is taking place between St Johns, Hither Green, and Dartford, closing all lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trains between London Charing Cross, Ramsgate, and Dover Priory via Tonbridge will be diverted to run to and from London Victoria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trains between London Charing Cross and Hastings will run to and from London Bridge and are diverted via an alternative route between London Bridge and Orpington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trains between London Charing Cross and Sevenoaks will run to and from London Victoria and will run non-stop between London Victoria and Petts Wood by an alternative route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trains between London Charing Cross and Gravesend via Sidcup will run to and from London Victoria and will be diverted between Lewisham and Dartford, calling at all stations via Bexleyheath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trains will run between Sidcup and Dartford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Replacement buses will run between Greenwich and Sidcup, and Lewisham and Orpington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New Cross, St Johns, Hither Green, Grove Park, Elmstead Woods, Chislehurst, Lee, Mottingham, and New Eltham stations will be closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travellers have been issued a warning as several Southeastern trains are set to be hit with disruption this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[82,6607,3052,6606,6605],"class_list":["post-12994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bexley","tag-bexley","tag-hither-green","tag-london-charing-cross","tag-london-victoria","tag-southeastern-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/gbr\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}