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Network Rail Is Encouraging Passengers To Plan Ahead And Check Before Travelling Over The Festive Period As Essential Engineering Work Is Starting In A Weeks Time On The South West Main Line Will Severely Impact Services. On Sunday 15 December 2024 And From Monday 23 December 2024 Until Sunday 5 January 2025 , Train Services Will Be Revised While Network Rail Works To Upgrade The Railway At Brookwood, Between Farnborough And Woking. During This Time, Engineers Will Be Completing A Wide Range Of Critical Upgrades For The Continued Safe And Reliable Running Of The Railway, Using An Array Of Specialist Equipment Including 19 Engineering Trains, Two Tampers And A Rail-Mounted Crane. The Work Includes: Engineers Will Also Be Carrying Out Work To Strengthen Embankments In The Area, Reducing The Chance Of Landslips While Maintenance Teams Will Be Carrying Out Tamping - The Compacting Of The Stones That Support The Tracks - Between Hook And Farnborough. Drainage Will Also Be Improved Between Brookwood And Farnborough Near Basingstoke Canal, With New Pipes Installed Into The Embankments And Catch-Pits, To Reduce The Risk Of Flooding.
South Western Railway (Swr) Services Will Be Altered Or Diverted And Some Journey Times Will Be Significantly Longer. Rail Replacement Buses Will Operate As Follows: Journeys Between London Waterloo And Southampton Central, Poole And Weymouth Will Be Diverted Via Guildford, Taking Approximately 45 Minutes Longer. There Will Be No Direct Services Between London Waterloo, Salisbury And Exeter St Davids. Services From Ascot To Aldershot Will Be Revised To Run Earlier Between Camberley And Aldershot Between Monday 16 December And Saturday 21 December. Services Between London Waterloo And Alton, Guildford And Farnham, And London Waterloo To Portsmouth Harbour Via Basingstoke Will Also Be Affected. There Will Be No Train Or Bus Services On The Swr Network On Wednesday 25 (Christmas Day) And Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day). Details Of How This Engineering Work Will Affect Journeys Can Be Found At . Passengers Are Advised To Plan Ahead And Check Before You Travel. Mark Goodall, Network RailS Wessex Route Director, Said: WeRe Urging Passengers To Plan Ahead And Check Before They Travel Over The Festive Period While We Carry Out These Essential Improvements To The Railway.
Our Teams Will Be Working Around The Clock To Upgrade The Railway For The Long-Term Benefit Of Our Passengers, Which Once Complete, Will Mean Smoother And More Reliable Journeys. We Know There Is Never A Good Time To Close The Railway. However, The Festive Period Presents Us With An Opportune Time To Complete More Complex Upgrades Such As These, As Fewer Passengers Are Travelling And The Railway Is Closed On Christmas Day And Boxing Day. I Would Like To Thank Passengers In Advance For Their Patience And Understanding While We Complete This Work. Peter Williams, South Western RailwayS Customer And Commercial Director, Said: ItS Important That Customers Plan Their Journeys In Advance And Check Before They Travel Over The Christmas And New YearS Period. There Will Be Significant Changes To Train Services That Travel Between Woking, Farnborough And Basingstoke, Changing As Engineering Work Progresses. Rail Replacement Buses Will Operate, Train Services Will Be Diverted Or Altered, And Journeys Will Take Significantly Longer. WeRe Sorry For The Disruption This Will Cause And Are Very Grateful For Our Customers Patience.
Changes To Passenger Journeys Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Tom Moore Communications Manager Network Rail 07354531500 We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . 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 , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , 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.
