Southern: Wessex news
TWO WEEKS TO GO: Major engineering work across the south coast to impact services in Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth during the Easter holidays
- Services between Southampton and Portsmouth will not run for between 12 and 20 April 2025
- Weekend closures between Southampton Central and Bournemouth to impact Main Line services
- Buses will replace all trains from Southampton Central on Easter Sunday
- Line connecting Twickenham and Teddington, in south west London, to be closed for three days over the Easter weekend. Rail replacement buses will run.
STARTING TOMORROW: Essential engineering works on the Windsor line to close railway for a week
Tomorrow marks the beginning of critical railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor.
Explore the Evolution of London's Iconic Railway Stations: Tours at London Bridge, Victoria, and Waterloo
In celebration of 200 years of railway history, Network Rail is offering exclusive tours at London Waterloo, London Victoria, and London Bridge stations. These tours, led by renowned railway historian Rachel Kolsky, will take you on a journey through time, revealing the fascinating development of these iconic stations.
Get litter-ate: A quarter of Brits don’t know fly-tipping is a crime reveals new research by Network Rail
- Mind the ‘generation gap’: only 54% of Gen Z know fly-tipping is a crime compared to 92% of boomers
- Since 2021, there have been 328 fly tipping incidents reported across Network Rail’s Wessex route.
- Just 40% of people in London know that fly tipping can cause transport delays, and only 34 % of Gen Z.
- Network Rail releases new research to highlight the negative impact fly-tipping has on the railway and wildlife habitats
Island Line to fully reopen EARLY on 2 May following completion of Ryde Pier repairs
Island Line will fully reopen between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin on Friday 2 May, in time for the Early May Bank Holiday weekend, following an intensive and complex programme of work to repair and refurbish Ryde Pier.
COMPLETED: Line reopens between Castle Cary and Yeovil following essential engineering works on the Heart of Wessex Line
Train services have resumed between Yeovil Pen Mill and Castle Cary after a week-long closure where Network Rail carried out essential improvements to the railway.
ONE WEEK TO GO: Essential engineering works on the Windsor line to close railway for a week
This Saturday marks one weeks to go until the start of critical railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor.
Uncovering the hidden secrets of Salisbury station
- Railway engineers uncover historic tunnels and rooms underneath Salisbury station
- Tunnels and rooms believed to have been previously used to store barrels of beer, eggs and support the operational running of the station
- Another entrance, in an unused building on Platform 1, has also been discovered with further investigations to follow.
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