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HorshamDorking Line Shut Until 16 February After Ockley Landslip

Engineers will install about 47 steel piles to stabilise the saturated embankment after heavy rain.

Overview

  • Network Rail confirmed no trains will run between Horsham and Dorking until Monday 16 February during multi-stage repairs.
  • Warnham, Ockley and Holmwood will not be served, and replacement buses cannot reach Ockley due to a separate road closure.
  • The failure followed prolonged rainfall that saturated mixed soils, causing a nine‑metre rotational slip that left track sections hanging.
  • An hourly DorkingLondon Victoria service continues, with alternatives from Horsham via Gatwick and ticket acceptance on local buses including Metrobus 93.
  • Passengers are advised to allow 30–40 extra minutes, as Southern and Network Rail issue apologies after revising an earlier, shorter closure estimate.