How do I plan a specific journey?

Due to Coronavirus, planning engineering work is harder than usual. This means online journey planners may only be updated at short notice.

Travelling on dates up to and including Saturday 12 December 2020

To help you plan, timetables are available further down this page. Please note: these will not reflect any changes due to engineering work. We strongly advise that you re-check your journey closer to your date of travel. Information on when online journey planners are currently correct up to are available here.

Travelling on dates including and from Sunday 13 December 2020

Timetables for dates after 13 December are now live in online journey planners, however these timetables will not include alterations relating to planned engineering work until closer to the date of operation.

In order to keep you informed we will continue to advise you here when engineering work alterations have been updated. As soon as the information is available, details of work taking place will be advertised on our engineering work page here. Information on when online journey planners are currently correct up to are available here.

Availability of advance fares

For details of the availability of advance fares, please visit the advance ticket availability information here. If your pre-booked journey is changed, for example the time is amended, then you can either continue to travel on the revised timetable or apply for a refund.

Timetables up to and including Saturday 12 December 2020

Monday to Friday timetables

Most of our services have plenty of space to allow you to socially distance. To help you travel safely, we have highlighted busier services so you know which ones to avoid.

Great Northern and Thameslink (north of London)

• A Kings Lynn, Ely, Cambridge, Peterborough and Stevenage to London and Gatwick Airport
• B Stevenage, Hertford North, Enfield Chase, Welwyn Garden City and Potters Bar to London
• C Bedford, Luton and St Albans to London, Sutton, Medway Towns, Gatwick Airport and the South Coast

Southern and Thameslink South London Metro

• D London to Sutton and Epsom Downs via Selhurst and West Croydon
• E London to West Croydon via Crystal Palace
• F London and Croydon to Purley, Caterham, Coulsdon and Tattenham Corner
• G London to East and West Croydon via Forest Hill
• H London to Epsom, Dorking and Horsham via Sutton
• I London to Wimbledon and Sutton via Tulse Hill
• J Clapham Junction to Watford Junction and Milton Keynes

Southern Mainline and Thameslink (south of London)

• K London and Croydon to Oxted, East Grinstead and Uckfield
• L London and Croydon to Redhill, Reigate, Tonbridge, Gatwick Airport and Brighton
• M London, Croydon, Gatwick Airport and Brighton to Lewes, Seaford, Eastbourne, Hastings and Ashford
• N London, Croydon and Gatwick Airport to Horsham, the Arun Valley, Bognor Regis and Portsmouth
• O London, Croydon, Gatwick Airport and Brighton to Worthing, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth and Southampton

Thameslink (Kent)

• P London to Catford, Bromley South, Swanley and Sevenoaks
• Q London to Dartford, Gravesend and the Medway Towns via Woolwich

Saturday and Sunday timetables

Please note that weekend timetables don’t currently have busier services highlights, but all services usually have space to allow you to remain socially distanced.

Great Northern and Thameslink (north of London)

• A Kings Lynn, Ely, Cambridge, Peterborough and Stevenage to London and Gatwick Airport
• B Stevenage, Hertford North, Enfield Chase, Welwyn Garden City and Potters Bar to London
• C Bedford, Luton and St Albans to London, Sutton, Medway Towns, Gatwick Airport and the South Coast

Southern and Thameslink South London Metro

• D London to Sutton and Epsom Downs via Selhurst and West Croydon
• E London to West Croydon via Crystal Palace
• F London and Croydon to Purley, Caterham, Coulsdon and Tattenham Corner
• G London to East and West Croydon via Forest Hill
• H London to Epsom, Dorking and Horsham via Sutton
• I London to Wimbledon and Sutton via Tulse Hill
• J Clapham Junction to Watford Junction and Milton Keynes

Southern Mainline and Thameslink (south of London)

• K London and Croydon to Oxted, East Grinstead and Uckfield
• L London and Croydon to Redhill, Reigate, Tonbridge, Gatwick Airport and Brighton
• M London, Croydon, Gatwick Airport and Brighton to Lewes, Seaford, Eastbourne, Hastings and Ashford
• N London, Croydon and Gatwick Airport to Horsham, the Arun Valley, Bognor Regis and Portsmouth
• O London, Croydon, Gatwick Airport and Brighton to Worthing, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth and Southampton

Thameslink (Kent)

• P London to Catford, Bromley South, Swanley and Sevenoaks
• Q London to Dartford, Gravesend and the Medway Towns via Woolwich

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Short notice alterations

There may be short notice cancellations during this period so check Service Disruption online before leaving for the station. We will update our live departures and our service updates as soon as we can.

Timetables from Sunday 13 December 2020 onwards

These will be available to download around the beginning of December. Please check back closer to the time.