South Western Railway Services Disruptions This Weekend Between London & Our Counties
Sadly, it's been announced further disruption on South Western Railway routes between our areas and London, and has impacted our team joining Kent Royals party this weekend, as expected.
The landslip at Hook, continues to be repaired and will impact services between Farnborough and Basingstoke over this weekend. Additional services in the area will be affected by train time changes and trains on Monday 20th February and Thursday 23rd February.
All trains between Weymouth and Waterloo are starting and terminating at Eastleigh over the weekend due to works in the Southampton area that was already planned. This means that buses will operate between Eastleigh and Bournemouth and a revised train shuttle between Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth.
This should enable full services to be reinstated by Friday 24th February.
As expected passengers are advised to allow extra time to complete their journeys.
Stuart Meek, SWR's Chief Operating Officer says: "As we approach the last stage of the landslip repairs in Hook there will be some service changes this weekend. We’re advising customers to check before travelling, allow extra time to complete their journeys, and to travel earlier if at all possible. “As our customers will have seen this week, the last direct services through Farnborough and Basingstoke are earlier than normal, and this will also be the case at the weekend. On Sunday, the first direct services will be later than normal as well. “There will again be an early shutdown from Monday 20 to Thursday 23 next week before our normal timetable is reinstated on Friday 24. We will reinstate some services sooner if it is possible. “We’d like to thank our customers for their continued patience during this disruption - which will be further complicated by important maintenance in the Southampton area at the weekend - but we are nearing the end of this challenging period.”
These are times that have been supplied to us for first and last trains, however, as always we advise to please check before you travel.
Last direct service on Saturday 18th from London Waterloo
To Portsmouth Harbour (via Eastleigh) - 2209 (as normal)
To Basingstoke (stopping service) - 2312
To Salisbury - 2339 (as normal)
To Eastleigh - 2335
Last direct service on Saturday 18th to London Waterloo
From Portsmouth Harbour (via Eastleigh) - 1859 (as normal)
From Basingstoke (stopping service) - 2254
From Eastleigh - 0008
From Exeter St Davids - 2026 (as normal)
From Salisbury - 2226 (as normal)
After these last direct services, trains will terminate at Farnborough/Basingstoke with rail replacement bus services in operation.
First direct service on Sunday 19th from London Waterloo To Portsmouth Harbour (via Eastleigh) - 0754 (as normal) To Basingstoke (stopping service) - 0807 (as normal) To Exeter St Davids - 0815 (as normal) To Eastleigh - 0735 (9 mins extra travelling time) First direct service on Sunday 19th to London Waterloo From Portsmouth Harbour (via Eastleigh) - 0717 (as normal) From Basingstoke (stopping service) - 0816 From Eastleigh - 0808 From Salisbury - 0727 Last direct service on Sunday 19th from London Waterloo To Portsmouth Harbour (via Eastleigh) - 2055 To Basingstoke (stopping service) - 2107 To Salisbury/Exeter St Davids - 2120 To Eastleigh - 2135 Last direct service on Sunday 19th to London Waterloo From Portsmouth Harbour (via Eastleigh) - 2017 From Basingstoke (stopping service) - 2116 From Eastleigh - 2131 From Exeter St Davids - 1825 From Salisbury - 2021 Once again on Sunday is after these last direct services, trains will terminate at Farnborough/Basingstoke with rail replacement bus services in operation. Service changes will be in place during the week, as they have been during these repairs at Hook as per last week until Thursday 23rd. Additionally, on Monday 20th & Thursday 23rd February, the 2205 and 2305 services from London Waterloo to Bournemouth will be diverted via Havant. The 2305 will also terminate at Southampton Central.