More rush-hour trains will be added to this month’s railway timetable.

Southern will be launching its new December 2024 timetable in two weeks.

It brings in several improvements across its network, including new services between Bognor Regis, Littlehampton, Uckfield, East Grinstead and London.

On Monday to Thursday, a new service will run from Bognor Regis to London Bridge via Littlehampton and Horsham during rush hour – bringing the number of trains in the morning peak up to nine.

The train will make the return journey in the evening peak, to take workers from the capital city back home.

These trains will be calling at: Bognor Regis, Barnham, Littlehampton, Arundel, Pulborough, Billingshurst, Christs Hospital, Horsham, Littlehaven, Crawley, Three Bridges, East Croydon and London Bridge.

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Four new services between East Grinstead and London Victoria will also be introduced.

A later departure from London Bridge to Uckfield at 10.07pm has also been introduced to encourage later nights out in the capital.

Jenny Saunders, Southern’s customer services director, said: "We are pleased to bring in a number of changes for passengers across our network in the new December timetable, having developed it alongside our regular users and key partners.

“Commuters travelling on Southern trains across the south-east will feel the benefits with an additional service running between the coast and the capital in rush hour and also to and from East Grinstead in the evenings.”

This all comes as part of a wider programme of timetable changes by train operator Govia Thameslink Railway, which is responsible for one in every four journeys made by rail in the UK on its train companies Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern.