Major Rail Derailment At Lewes

Major Rail Derailment At Lewes

Just an hour ago, an incident was declared outside of Lewes in Sussex, the service was 1F34 London Victoria - Eastbourne hauled by 387172 (GBR 387) & 387304. Southern Rail have confirmed disruption until at least 22:00 tonight so do plan carefully if you're heading towards London Victoria, Ore, Seaford, Brighton or Eastbourne. Currently the status of the trapped passengers remains unknown. We do, of course, hope that everyone involved will leave the site with no injuries.

It has been said that this has been caused by track buckling, which is what happens when the temperatures is high enough that it causes the iron rails to warp.

We will update this post when we have more news.

UPDATE 1 - 13/08/2026 (17:44PM)

The Department for Transport has confirmed there are no fatalities aboard the service, as well as this BBC have sent out a drone capturing live angles at the scene.

UPDATE 2 - 14/08/2026 (09:42AM) 

British Transport Police have spoke and declared this a 'major incident' with 2 seriously injured and 18 minor injuries confirmed, with confirmation RAIB are investigating the scene.

Photo by BBC News.

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