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From Monday 23 December to Sunday 5 January, major engineering work will take place in the Woking area.

Journeys between London Waterloo and Alton, Exeter St Davids, Portsmouth Harbour via Basingstoke, and Weymouth will all be affected.

Buses will replace trains between Woking, Farnborough and Basingstoke.

Train services will be amended or diverted and some journeys will take significantly longer.

Please check before you travel using a journey planner. For full information please visit our webpage here.

We’re sorry for the disruption.

Network Rail will carry out engineering work on the Lymington branch line between Sunday 22 December 2024 and Sunday 5 January 2025.

During this time, rail replacement bus services will operate between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier, calling at Lymington Town.

On Tuesday 24 December, rail replacement bus services will end earlier than usual:

• The last bus from Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier will depart at 2115
• The last bus from Lymington Pier to Brockenhurst will depart at 2138

On Sunday 29 December, a level crossing closure will mean the following changes to rail replacement bus services:

• Buses from Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier will not call at Lymington Town
• A shuttle bus service will operate between Lymington Pier and Lymington Town, with customers able to cross the railway using a temporary footbridge
• Buses from Lymington Pier to Brockenhurst will continue to call at Lymington Town and Brockenhurst.

From Monday 7 October to early May 2025, the line from Ryde Pier Head to Ryde Esplanade will be closed as work continues to repair and preserve Ryde Pier. Island Line services will operate every 30 minutes between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin, with a shuttle minibus service operating between Ryde Pier Head and Ryde Esplanade.

We’re sorry for the disruption during these closures. For more information, click here.

Major engineering work will take place on the line between Reading and London Paddington on the following dates:

• Friday 27 to Saturday 29 December (inclusive)
• Sunday 5 January

As a result, we expect increased demand for our services between Reading and London Waterloo.

On Friday 27 and Sunday 29 December, boarding controls will be in place for most of the day at Reading.

Capacity on services leaving from Reading for London Waterloo will be severely restricted.

Customers travelling into London from Reading should, where possible, travel on Elizabeth line services via Ealing Broadway.

On Sunday 5 January, boarding controls will be in place until 12:00. Customers are advised to travel on our services to London Waterloo after 12:00.

Due to emergency engineering work in the Clandon area, the line between Effingham Junction and Guildford will be closed from Saturday 21 to Thursday 26 December.

We expect the following services to operate:

• One train per hour between London Waterloo and Effingham Junction via Cobham & Stoke D’Abernon
• One train per hour between London Waterloo and Effingham Junction via Epsom
• Other services between London Waterloo and Guildford will be diverted via Woking

Rail replacement bus services are being sourced, to operate every 30 minutes between Effingham Junction and Guildford, and every hour between Effingham Junction and Epsom.

Journey planners will be updated 24 hours in advance, so please check before travelling on these routes.

Train services through Clandon are expected to resume on Friday 27 December.

We’re very sorry for the disruption.