No trains will run over a number of weekends.
A £3.5m refurbishment of the 134 year old railway viaduct in Ashurst is about to get underway, with three weekends of engineering work planned for this summer - starting this weekend.
No trains will run on the following dates:
Buses will be replacing trains between Uckfield and Crowborough, and between Crowborough and Oxted.
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