Network Rail sorry for continued rail disruption

A white, green and yellow train moving on railway tracks. Image source, Southern
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Rail services were cancelled from Thursday

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Network Rail has apologised to rail users as it announced disruption to services between two East Sussex towns would continue.

Trains between Crowborough and Uckfield were first suspended on Thursday due to a fault with the signalling system.

Network Rail said its engineers were using specialist equipment to find the fault along a 19-mile (30.5km) stretch of cable.

A spokesperson for the public body said it had identified the issue, but the repair was "taking longer than expected".

"We'd like to apologise for the inconvenience this is causing to Southern Railway customers on the Uckfield line," they said.

The spokesperson said testing and repairs would continue for the rest of Tuesday and it was expecting we the line to reopen "for the start of service" on Wednesday.

Currently, services running between London Bridge and Uckfield are only able to run to Crowborough "until further notice", with no train service at Buxted or Uckfield, Network Rail said.

Train operator Southern has been running a rail replacement bus service, with buses from Uckfield continuing to Tunbridge Wells for connections towards London.

The rail replacement bus service adds about 30 minutes to journey times, according to Network Rail.

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