Travel tips for infrequent travellers at Christmas

Christmas and New Year's services

Check train times before you travel during the festive period

Major engineering work and timetable changes will affect travel on our network over the Christmas period and into the new year.

Services will end earlier than usual on Christmas Eve (Tuesday 24 December) and there will be no services on Christmas Day (Wednesday 25 December) or Boxing Day (Thursday 26 December).

The table below shows our service levels and where engineering work will affect our network.

Full details of all engineering work, including details of rail replacement bus services, can be found on our Planned Improvements page.

Major engineering work will particularly affect trains via Woking between Sunday 15 December 2024 and Sunday 5 January 2025. For more information please visit our dedicated page here.

Monday 30 December

Date	Service
Friday 20 December	Normal weekday service
Saturday 21 December	Normal Saturday service
Sunday 22 December	Normal Sunday service Buses replace trains between: - Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier - Petersfield and Portsmouth Harbour - Motspur Park and Chessington South - Virginia Water and Weybridge
Monday 23 December	Amended Saturday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier
Tuesday 24 December	Amended Saturday service Services will end earlier than usual for Christmas Eve. The last trains of the day will depart from London Waterloo by 2235. Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier
Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day)	No service
Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day)	No service
Friday 27 December	Amended Saturday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier There will be no SWR service to Westbury
Saturday 28 December	Normal Saturday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier There will be no SWR service to Westbury
Sunday 29 December	Normal Sunday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier There will be no SWR service to Westbury
Monday 30 December	Amended Saturday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier There will be no SWR service to Westbury
Tuesday 31 December (New Year’s Eve)	Amended Saturday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier There will be no SWR service to Westbury
Wednesday 1 January 2025 (New Year’s Day)	Sunday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier. There will be no SWR service to Westbury
Thursday 2 January	Amended Saturday service. Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier. There will be no SWR service to Westbury.
Friday 3 January	Amended Saturday service. Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Farnborough - Woking and Aldershot There will be no service between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier. There will be no SWR service to Westbury.
Saturday 4 January	Saturday service Buses replace trains between: - Woking and Basingstoke - Woking and Aldershot There will be no SWR service to Westbury
Sunday 5 January	Sunday service Buses replace trains between: - Weybridge and Winchester - Andover and Weybridge - Aldershot and Weybridge - Leatherhead and Dorking There will be no SWR service to Westbury

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