Southeastern trains on the Hayes line will be revised for weeks because damage to a section of track needs a ‘specialist’ part to fix it. National Rail is urging passengers along the route to ‘allow more time for journeys’ for at least the next three weeks.
Trains in and out of London Charing Cross and Victoria on the Hayes line in Bromley will be impacted by the need for these ‘urgent repairs’. A National Rail spokesperson said: “Damage has been discovered to the track near Ladywell. Our partners at Network Rail advise that a specialist part is required.
“This isn’t immediately available as it needs to be specially produced and then delivered to where it needs to go. Until the repairs have been completed, we need to make some temporary changes on the Hayes line in order to continue to run the same number of trains on the route.”
Heading towards London some Southeastern trains will not be stopping at Eden Park or New Beckenham during the weekday evening “peak” period. While some trains on this line heading out of London will not be stopping at Eden Park or New Beckenham, however during the weekday evening “peak” period, trains stop at all stations as usual.
A spokesperson for Network Rail said: “Because this is a specialist item that isn’t ‘off the shelf’, we’ve ordered a new part, but we won’t be able to replace the crossing for a few weeks while it’s being produced and delivered to where it needs to go so that our engineers can replace the damaged rail. While the crack looks small, the rail (which is part of a crossing) needs to be replaced so that it doesn’t break completely, and trains can resume running across it at the normal speed.”
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