No Southern Rail trains to call at London Victoria or Clapham Junction until January 10

The travel chaos across London is set to continue into the new year, as Southern Rail announced none of its trains will be calling at Victoria station until January 10.

This is due to engineering work being carried out over the festive period.

It was supposed to end around the turn of the year, however yesterday Southern announced the cancellations would continue until January 10.

Southern trains also won’t be going to Battersea Park, Wandsworth Common or Clapham Junction, the UK’s busiest station, either.

The rail company said some trains coming from the south coast may be rerouted to London Bridge, however suburban trains will terminate at Balham - and customers will have to use the Tube.

Train tickets will be accepted on London Underground to Victoria.

Southern said the issues were due to “the ongoing effect of coronavirus isolation and sickness”.

For several years commuters on Southern routes in south London experienced repeated disruption due to strikes over the role of guards.

Southern have also reduced the number of services on certain timetables in recent years.

It comes as Londoners are set to be hit by further disruption in the new year.

The Bank branch of the Northern Line between between‌ ‌Kennington‌ ‌and‌ ‌Moorgate‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌closed‌ ‌for‌ ‌17‌ ‌weeks‌ ‌from‌ ‌January‌ ‌15‌ ‌to‌ ‌mid-May‌.‌

Transport for London says this is to complete long-running engineering work at Bank.

South Western Railway is also set to reduce services running out of Waterloo, which has been protested against by unions.

TfL has axed free travel on New Year’s Eve for the second year in a row.

It says it cannot afford the service this year, due to the impact on finances of the pandemic.

If you’re going out on New Year’s Eve, make sure you check out our special travel guide.