• Around £2bn planned spend up to 2024 on one of the UK’s busiest stretches of railway
• Increase of 22% in funding to help reduce delays and improve reliability for Southampton passengers
• More opportunity for third party investors in Hampshire, making more projects possible  

• Life-expired Burnaby Road railway bridge in Portsmouth to be replaced between Monday 12 February and Friday 16 February 2018.
• Rail replacement buses in operation between Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth and Southsea, with diversion routes for motorists and pedestrians
• More than 50 Network Rail engineers and track staff will work around the clock to install
• New crossing, made from British steel, to replace the old bridge over the half-term break

Network Rail and the British Transport Police have issued a warning to motorists after a reckless driver who crashed through a level-crossing barrier was handed an 18-month driving ban, ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and pay £1000 in compensation.

Rail staff across the South Western network are backing Samaritans’ bid to turn ‘Blue Monday’ into ‘Brew Monday’ on 15 January by helping get people together for tea and a chat on what has been dubbed ‘the most difficult day of the year’.

• Life-expired Burnaby Road railway bridge in Portsmouth to be replaced between Monday 12 February and Friday 16 February 2018.
• More than 50 Network Rail engineers and track staff will work around the clock to install
• Rail replacement buses in operation every 10 minutes between Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth and Southsea, with diversion routes for motorists and pedestrians
• New crossing, made from British steel, to replace the old bridge over the half-term break
• Will retain original colours of the old Victorian bridge, reflecting the famous Portsmouth crest

South Western Railway passengers have been reminded to plan their journeys in advance of three upcoming weekends of planned engineering works - Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 January, Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February.  

South Western Railway passengers are able to travel through Southampton again after Network Rail successfully completed £8 million of track renewal work on schedule over the Christmas period.

• Passengers reminded of service alterations in Southampton area from 24 December to 1 January as upgrade work takes place
• Network Rail and South Western Railway advise passengers to plan their journey ahead and travel before Christmas Eve on Sunday 24^th December if possible