Engineering works will take place on south London lines this bank holiday causing travel chaos.

National Rail has announced that it will be doing serious works between New Cross and Lewisham, Hither Green and Hayes, which will affect trains into London.

The works will take place on Saturday, Sunday and Monday and services to and from London Victoria, London Bridge and Charing Cross will be subject to amendments, diversions and cancellations.

There will be no services to or from London Cannon Street on these days, so if you are travelling you will need to make other arrangements.

Replacement buses will run on the below routes:

Between Greenwich and Dartford via Lewisham and Bexleyheath

Between Hayes and Lewisham

Between Greenwich and Grove Park via Lewisham and Hither Green

Here are the specifics from National Rail:

Woolwich Line:

All trains will run from London Charing Cross and will run via Greenwich towards Dartford, Gravesend and Gillingham. Trains will also run to Chislehurst via Slade Green, Sidcup and Grove Park.

Hayes Line:

Buses replace trains between Lewisham and Hayes. You should use trains between London Charing Cross and Greenwich and then take the DLR between Greenwich and Lewisham or the replacement bus between Greenwich and Dartford / Grove Park to connect with the buses at Lewisham.

Bexleyheath Line:

Buses replace trains between Greenwich and Dartford via Lewisham and Bexleyheath. You should use trains between London Charing Cross and Greenwich and join the replacement bus service at Greenwich.

There will be no trains from London Victoria on the Bexleyheath Line - you will need to use trains from London Charing Cross and change at Greenwich for the replacement bus service.

Grove Park Line:

Buses replace trains between Greenwich and Grove Park via Lewisham and Hither Green.

If you’re travelling between London and Elmstead Woods or Chislehurst, direct trains will be running but are diverted via Greenwich and Sidcup.

services between Charing Cross / Waterloo / London Bridge and Victoria at no extra cost to complete your journey.

The Grove Park to Bromley North service will be revised and run to a reduced frequency. There is no service on Sunday 6 May.

Sidcup Line:

Trains between London and stations on the Sidcup line will run via Greenwich with extended journey times.

If you’re travelling between Lewisham, Hither Green and stations on the Sidcup line, you’ll need to use replacement bus services between Lewisham and Grove Park, and change there for stations via Sidcup.

If you’re travelling from stations on the Sidcup Line to Dartford, you’ll need to change trains at Slade Green.

Ticket acceptance:

You can use your ticket on the following alternative routes at no extra change to complete your journey;

Docklands Light Railway between Lewisham and Greenwich

London Underground between London Terminal stations and Southwark / South Bank / Canada Water.

London Overground services between New Cross and Canada Water.