Rail replacement washout on SWR

[Kite159]

100%. I was planning to head to Bournemouth this weekend, but glad I didn't take the chance. Next Saturday XC is being diverted via Salisbury, and some SWRs are going via Havant and Fareham, whilst others are terminating at Winchester. That Sunday, XC will be via Guildford through the North Downs, Portsmouth Direct and West Coastway lines which adds on well over an hour to journey times and seems to often go horribly wrong, and again many SWR services go via Guildford again.

My advice would be to stay well away as well, and practically forget about the promise of buses. From my experience the XC buses seem to be more reliable, compared to SWRs woeful 'service'.

Remember the strike next Saturday so the Laverstock diverts probably won't happen

 

[jackot]

Remember the strike next Saturday so the Laverstock diverts probably won't happen

Very good point actually, completely escaped my mind.

 

[boiledbeans2]

Yesterday's (Sunday) SWR operations seemed quite smooth.

I used both the Southampton and Haslemere area buses and most were running on time. There were a few unpublished cancellations (i.e. not showing as cancelled on the SWR app) which were mostly confined to the stopping services. The fast services were alright, run with coaches, single decker buses, double decker buses and even minibuses. Basically whatever they could find...