No sooner had Network Rail completed its three weekends of engineering works on the Brighton main line than another main rail route into London is going to be shutdown for this coming weekend.
Plan ahead: most services between Waterloo and Clapham Junction will be affected this weekend
Pretty much all services to and from Waterloo will be affected by engineering works between the south London terminus and Clapham Junction this weekend, Saturday January 31 and Sunday February 1.
“Some lines between Waterloo and Clapham Junction will be closed and services will be revised,” South Western Railway confirmed today.
Queenstown Road station will be closed on both days. Some services will not call at Earlsfield and Vauxhall.
“On SWR’s suburban network, train services between Waterloo and Chessington South, Dorking, Guildford, Hampton Court, Kingston, Richmond, Shepperton, Weybridge, Windsor and Eton Riverside and Woking will be affected.
“On SWR’s long-distance network, train services between Waterloo and Alton, Basingstoke, Poole, Portsmouth Harbour, Reading and Salisbury will be affected.
If you are looking to travel on any part of the south London rail newtwork this weekend, you are recommended to check before you travel using this website: southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey
On Saturday January 31, the following service changes will apply:
- Services between Waterloo and Reading, Weybridge via Staines, Windsor and Eton Riverside, and Waterloo via Richmond and Wimbledon, will all start and finish their journeys at Clapham Junction.
- Stopping services between Waterloo, Basingstoke and Salisbury will be revised, with altered stopping patterns.
On Sunday February 1, the following service changes will apply:
- Services between Waterloo and Reading, Weybridge via Staines, Windsor and Eton Riverside, Woking via Staines and Wimbledon will all start and finish their journeys at Clapham Junction.
- Afternoon and evening services between Waterloo and Kingston via Hounslow, and Portsmouth via Eastleigh, and Poole will not run.
- Services between Waterloo via Richmond and Wimbledon will only run between Clapham Junction and Richmond via Kingston.
- Services between Waterloo and Chessington South will start and finish their journeys at Wimbledon.
- Services between Waterloo and Exeter will start and finish their journeys at Basingstoke.
- Services between Waterloo and Hampton Court will start and finish their journeys at Surbiton.
- Services between Waterloo and Dorking will not run. Customers should consider travelling on Southern services from Clapham Junction or Epsom.
- Services between Waterloo and Eastleigh, Guildford, Shepperton, Portsmouth Harbour and Woking will all be revised, with altered stopping patterns.
On both dates, services between Waterloo and Alton will be affected by separate engineering work between Farnham and Alton.
And South Western add: “Some journeys may take longer than usual.”
Peter Williams, South Western Railway’s customer and commercial director, said: “When this maintenance, at one of the busiest parts of our network, is complete, our customers can expect fewer delays and a more reliable railway.” Which would be nice…
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