📋 Tender Overview
Passengers Travelling On The Portsmouth Direct Line Next Week (14-22 February) Are Advised To Plan Ahead As Network Rail Carries Out A Series Of Essential Works To Maintain And Improve The Railway. During This Time, Engineers Will Be Working On The Railway Between Petersfield And Havant, With Additional Impacts To Services To And From Portsmouth Harbour And Guildford On Alternative Weekends. How Journeys Will Be Affected Throughout The Closure: During These Dates Buses Will Replace Trains Between These Stations And Journey Times May Be Longer Than Usual. What Work Is Taking Place? The February Closure Will Allow Network Rail To Deliver A Coordinated Programme Of Essential Work, Including: Further Work Planned Following The Completion Of The February Half-Term Works Between Petersfield And Havant, Network Rail Will Return In Spring To Continue Planned Improvements To Key Parts Of The Railway In The Portsmouth Area. The Line Between Havant And Portsmouth Will Be Closed For Upgrade Works Between Saturday 28 March 2026 And Thursday 2 April 2026. These Works Form Part Of Ongoing Investment To Keep The Portsmouth Direct Line Safe And Reliable For Passengers. Continuing To Invest In PortsmouthS Railway Tom Mcnamee, Infrastructure Director For Network Rail Wessex And South Western Railway Said: WeRe Continuing To Invest In Maintaining And Renewing The Portsmouth Direct Line To Support A Safer And More Reliable Railway. This Work Builds On Improvements Already Delivered And Forms Part Of A Longer Programme Of Activity Across The Route. We Know There Is Never A Good Time To Close The Railway, And WeRe Sorry For The Disruption This Will Cause. By Carrying Out This Work During The School Half-Term, When Passenger Numbers Are Typically Lower, We Can Complete A Significant Amount Of Essential Work More Efficiently And Reduce The Need For Repeated Closures Later On. Find Out More Passengers Are Advised To Plan Ahead And Check The Latest Travel Advice Before Travelling At: Www.Networkrail.Co.Uk/Portsmouthdirecthalftermworks Further Line Closures Are Planned For 28 March To 3 April 2026 And For Monday 25 May To Saturday 30 May 2026. Details Will Be Confirmed In Due Course. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Visit National Rail Enquiries Journalists Tom Moore Communications Manager Network Rail 07354531500 Thomas.Moore@Networkrail.Co.Uk We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of Track , 30,000 Bridges, Tunnels And Viaducts And The Thousands Of Signals , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest Stations While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS Train Operating Companies . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver A Safe And Reliable Railway , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The Multi-Billion Pound Railway Upgrade Plan , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: @Networkrail Visit Our Online Newsroom: Www.Networkrailmediacentre.Co.Uk
