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• Key upgrade work at Brookwood, between Farnborough and Woking, will mean significantly longer journeys
• Services between Waterloo and Southampton/Weymouth will be diverted, adding 45 minutes to journeys
• There will be no direct services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids
• Passengers encouraged to check before travelling and plan journeys in advance

Buses replace trains between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier from Sunday 22 December with train services resuming on Monday 6 January 2025

A CCTV camera in Rye has recently captured footage of people trespassing on the railway to pose for photographs on the track.

Passengers are being reminded to plan ahead and check before they travel between 25-29 December with rail replacement buses running on some routes and diversions on other routes.

Trains are running again between Axminster and Exeter St Davids after Network Rail teams worked around the clock for two weeks in order to renew the line.

• More than 1,532 bridges were struck by heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in 2023/24 – one every six hours
• Bridge bashes hit passengers with over 100 days in rail delays
• Network Rail urges lorry drivers to ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ by knowing the height of their vehicles and choosing suitable routes before they head out on journeys

• South Western Railway trains fitted with specialist sand applicator technology
• 39 passenger trains using this tech strengthens the 25-strong fleet of Network Rail leaf busting trains already fighting leaves on the line
• Better grip significantly reduces stopping distances
• First time this advanced technology – developed by Siemens Mobility – has been used by passenger trains across the south of England

Passengers asked to plan ahead and check before they travel between 25-29 December with rail replacement buses running on some routes and diversions on other routes.