Battersea Pier Junction
We will be carrying out essential work from March 2025 to replace the switches and crossings at the busy Battersea Pier Eastern junction in south London.
Project timeline
The work will take place over a series of weekends. This will start from March 2025 and is expected to be completed by June 2025.
What work is taking place?
At Battersea Pier junction we will be replacing the switches and crossings, the movable sections of track that guide trains from one track to another and allow them to cross paths.
They have an especially limited lifespan because trains cause wear and deformation when they travel across them.
We will also be renewing 600 metres of track, installing 1,200 metres of new conductor rail and approximately 6000 metres of signalling and telecommunications cable.
When track is life-expired and maintenance is expensive or in effective, we refurbish or renew the track.
When is the work taking place?
The work will take place over a series of weekends, on:
- Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April 2025 inclusive
- Friday 18 to Monday 21 April 2025 inclusive, over the Easter holiday
- Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2025 inclusive, the early the May bank holiday.
We will also be undertaking preparatory and follow up works overnight from March until early June 2025 with no disruption to train services.
How will this work affect me?
Services will be impacted in and out of London Victoria.
The work means Southeastern trains from/to London Victoria will be diverted to London Cannon Street, London Charing Cross or London Blackfriars. A reduced Southern service will run between London Victoria and Clapham Junction/East Croydon with no trains calling at Battersea Park towards London Victoria.
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Why is the work needed?
All the works are to improve the rail network to allow more trains to run, increase the speed that they can travel at and improve reliability to reduce future delays for passengers.
Switches and crossings allow us to run a network, but they have an especially limited lifespan because trains cause wear and tear when they travel across them. We also refurbish or renew the track when it reaches its life expectancy and maintenance is expensive or ineffective.
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