Sort of interesting Southern diversion

[embers25]

On Sunday morning the 0100 is diverted around Gatwick due to engineering. It now runs Victoria - East Croydon (reverse) - Norwood Junction (reverse) - West Croydon - Dorking - Horsham (reverse) - Three Bridges (reverse) - Haywards Heath - Brighton.

So 4 reverses and taking almost 2 hours! Better than a replacement bus though! Also gives the first scheduled service passing through East and West Croydon in a fair while I'm guessing

 

[tsr]

I heard about that (vaguely) - if it wasn't at 1am, I'd love to go on that!

 

[Eagle]

So 4 reverses and taking almost 2 hours!

Departs VIC 01.00, arrives BTN 02.00.

 

[atomicdanny]

Departs VIC 01.00, arrives BTN 02.00.

Clocks go backwards an hour on Sunday (and normally around 1am too )? (unless the was intentional )

 

[Eagle]

I know. 01.00 Sunday and 02.00 Sunday are exactly two hours apart, as the OP says.

 

[tony6499]

Engineering works between Three Bridges and East Croydon overnight on Saturday, seems like plenty of diversions and buses running then

 

[heart-of-wessex]

It was late, and then arrived 43 minutes early due to time change!

EDIT: is that yet another reversal I see? Looks like it went via Hove too! Sounds like some random straightforward BLS tour or some route planned for a 377 farewell tour!

 

[causton]

A 456 farewell tour maybe, as they're getting rid of them - I would pay good money to ride that

 

[thameslink2000]

On Sunday morning the 0100 is diverted around Gatwick due to engineering. It now runs Victoria - East Croydon (reverse) - Norwood Junction (reverse) - West Croydon - Dorking - Horsham (reverse) - Three Bridges (reverse) - Haywards Heath - Brighton.

So 4 reverses and taking almost 2 hours! Better than a replacement bus though! Also gives the first scheduled service passing through East and West Croydon in a fair while I'm guessing

2A04 0100 London Victoria to Brighton diverted via Mole Valley Line again tomorrow night (early hours of Sunday 2nd December).

 

[QJ]

Oh for a time machine when you could do similar diversions on the ED hauled passenger carrying newspaper trains.

(the ones in the public timetable advertised as far as Horsham or Eastbourne as the Brighton was vans only IIRC).