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=== Suspension === On 30 March 2020, all Gatwick Express services were suspended until further notice under a reduced timetable rapidly adopted in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="resumption">{{cite web |last = Graves |first = Kieran |date = 1 December 2021 |title = Gatwick Airport: Brighton and London Gatwick Express train timetables as service returns after 21 months |url = https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/gatwick-express-winter-train-timetables-6286403 |website = SussexLive |access-date = 10 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = GTR announces further-reduced rail timetable from Monday 30 March |url = https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/govia-thameslink-railway/pressreleases/gtr-announces-further-reduced-rail-timetable-from-monday-30-march-2985517 |publisher = Mynewsdesk.com |date = 26 March 2020 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053344/https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/govia-thameslink-railway/pressreleases/gtr-announces-further-reduced-rail-timetable-from-monday-30-march-2985517 |archive-date = 29 November 2020 |access-date = 12 August 2020}}</ref> Some of Gatwick Express's [[British Rail Class 387|Class 387/2]] trains have been used by Southern on its [[East Coastway line|East Coastway]] services between {{rws|Brighton}} and {{rws|Eastbourne}}, {{rws|Hastings}} and {{rws|Ore}}, on some [[Brighton Main Line]] services between Brighton and {{stn|London Victoria}}, and on some [[West Coastway line|West Coastway]] services between [[Brighton railway station|Brighton]] and [[West Worthing railway station|West Worthing]]. During May 2021, nine Class 387/2s were transferred to [[Great Northern route|Great Northern]] as replacements for [[British Rail Class 365|Class 365]]s on services between {{rws|London King's Cross}} and {{rws|Cambridge}}, {{rws|Ely}}, {{rws|Peterborough}} and {{rws|Stevenage}}; six of these trains were then leased to [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] to cover for [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800]]s on services between {{stn|London Paddington}} and {{rws|Didcot Parkway}}.<ref>{{cite web |last = Holden |first = Michael |date = 13 July 2021 |title = Gatwick Express trains sent to Great Western Railway in wake of Class 800 cracks |url = https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/07/gatwick-express-trains-sent-to-great-western-railway-in-wake-of-class-800-cracks.html |publisher = RailAdvent |access-date = 25 October 2021}}</ref> During December 2021, the Gatwick Express briefly resumed on weekdays only, but was suspended after only two weeks due to engineering works and COVID-related developments. On 3 April 2022, Gatwick Express services restarted under a seven-day timetable; however, only two services per hour were initially ran between London and Gatwick instead of four per hour as they were prior to the pandemic. Govia Thameslink Railway attributed the work to redevelop Gatwick Airport station for this cutback.<ref>{{cite web |date = 16 March 2022 |title = Gatwick Express: Non-stop train service to London resumes |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-60752293 |publisher = BBC News |access-date = 5 April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title = Gatwick Express to resume non-stop services from next month β RailAdvent |url = https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/03/gatwick-express-to-resume-non-stop-services-from-next-month.html/amp |access-date = 8 June 2022 |website = railadvent.co.uk}}</ref>
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