{"id":737623,"date":"2026-08-14T09:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737623\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:40:13","slug":"lewes-train-derailment-two-seriously-injured-with-18-others-hurt-after-train-derails-in-east-sussex-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737623\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewes train derailment: Two seriously injured, with 18 others hurt, after train derails in East Sussex – follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"

What people travelling in the area need to knowpublished at 06:47 BST<\/p>\n

06:47 BST<\/p>\n

\"AImage source, Getty Images<\/p>\n

Southern Railway has issued advice to passengers
\nhoping to travel in the area today.<\/p>\n

Trains are unable to run between Lewes and Haywards Heath,
\nso those travelling to or from Cooksbridge, Plumpton, Hastings or Ore have been told their journey is likely to take longer than usual.<\/p>\n

Rail replacement buses are running between Haywards Heath
\nand Lewes, calling at Cooksbridge and Plumpton, and those travelling in the
\narea are being told to allow at least an extra 60 minutes of journey time
\nfor their trip.<\/p>\n

People travelling towards Eastbourne or Hastings today will
\nalso need to change trains at Brighton, with extra carriages being added on
\nservices between Brighton and Hastings, and Brighton and Seaford.<\/p>\n

Tickets will be accepted at no extra cost on Southern
\nservices between Brighton and London Victoria, Thameslink services between
\nBrighton and London Bridge, Gatwick Express services between Brighton and London
\nVictoria, on the London Underground between London terminals, and on
\nSoutheastern services between Hastings and London terminals.<\/p>\n

Rail tickets will also be accepted on Brighton and Hove
\nBuses\u2019 28, 29, 29B, and 29X routes, which run between Brighton and Eastbourne,
\nand Brighton and Tunbridge Wells in Kent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What people travelling in the area need to knowpublished at 06:47 BST 06:47 BST Image source, Getty Images…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-737623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}