Gatwick Express cuts services

The Gatwick Express rail link is scrapping one in six services because of a slump in business since 11 September.

Owner National Express says only a handful of passengers are using services early in the morning and late at night and the full timetable can no longer be justified.

Some 26 services out of a total of 154 are being suspended from Sunday. No trains will run between the airport and Victoria from 1.30am to 4.30am, although Thameslink and South Central will run trains through the night.

A Gatwick Express spokesman said: "We were normally averaging about 10 passengers a train on our middle-of-the-night services and this dropped even further after the 11 September terrorist attacks in America.

"We have decided to stop the all-night trains for now, but we shall continue to review the situation."