Much of Sussex is set to be cut off from the rest of the country next week after a rail firm cancelled hundreds of journeys.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has axed services across the county next Saturday due to an overtime ban by train drivers.
Some routes will finish earlier than others, while many stations across Sussex will not be served at all.
No services will stop at 57 stations across Sussex, including Brighton, Seaford, Eastbourne, Hastings, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis or Chichester on August 5 due to the disruption, with trains on the Brighton mainline terminating at Three Bridges.
Only three services from London will operate in Sussex next Saturday, terminating at Barnham, Uckfield and East Grinstead.
The disruption will coincide with the first day of Pride celebrations in Brighton, with as many as 500,000 people due to visit the city over the weekend.
Full list of Sussex station closures on August 5:
- Aldrington
- Angmering
- Balcombe
- Berwick
- Bexhill
- Bishopstone
- Bognor Regis
- Bosham
- Brighton
- Burgess Hill
- Chichester
- Collington
- Cooden Beach
- Cooksbridge
- Doleham
- Durrington-on-Sea
- Eastbourne
- East Worthing
- Falmer
- Fishbourne
- Fishersgate
- Glynde
- Goring-on-Sea
- Hampden Park
- Hassocks
- Hastings
- Haywards Heath
- Hove
- Lancing
- Lewes
- Littlehampton
- London Road (Brighton)
- Moulsecoomb
- Newhaven Harbour
- Newhaven Town
- Normans Bay
- Nutbourne
- Ore
- Pevensey and Westham
- Pevensey Bay
- Plumpton
- Polegate
- Portslade
- Preston Park
- Rye
- Seaford
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- Southbourne
- Southease
- Southwick
- St Leonards Warrior Square
- Three Oaks
- Warnham
- West Worthing
- Winchelsea
- Wivelsfield
- Worthing
A spokesman for GTR said: “We will operate to limited opening hours with services starting later and finishing much earlier than normal.
“Some routes will finish earlier than others, and some stations will not be served at all.
“Check your first and last carefully, as there will be no alternative travel outside of these services.”
Gatwick Express services will not run, but the airport will still be served by Southern and Thameslink services.
Passengers are urged to check their journeys before they travel.
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