SWR Weymouth-Waterloo on Sun 16 April

[Joe Paxton]

Just wondering if anyone might have any insight into what SWR's Weymouth-Waterloo service will look like on Sunday 16 April, and when (or indeed if) Advance tickets will become available?

The SWR booking engine currently flags up journeys on that day with this message:

This journey will not run as shown. Amended services between Weybridge and Woking / Andover. Check back for revised times nearer the time of travel.

(For what it's worth, no warning message currently shows up on the NRE planner.)


NRE's Future Engineering Works section shows that "Engineering work is taking place between Weybridge and Woking / Andover, closing some lines" (my emphasis).

However there's no detail yet about how Weymouth services might run yet - if they can't use the South West Main Line (SWML) then there's the diversion route via the Portsmouth Direct line up to Guildford, then Effingham Junction and Hinchley Wood to get back onto the SWML near Surbiton.

Any educated guesses? Many thanks!

 

[Kite159]

An educated guess is the Basingstoke area is closed (based on XC getting diverted via Guildford) so most likely an hourly London to Weymouth service diverted via Guildford, maybe even via the suburban line if the block includes Woking.

 

[Joe Paxton]

I should have looked in the SWR Planned Improvements section at the April engineering work page.

There is says for Sat 15 & Sun 16 April:

• London Waterloo to Weymouth services will be diverted between Clapham Junction and Southampton Central and will call additionally at Guildford, Havant and Fareham.

However I looked at the NRE page mentioned earlier because that's where the SWR planner referred me to! (Meanwhile the NRE planner currently doesn't show any suggestion that services will be any different that day.)

They don't make it easy. It could and should be better than this.

 

[30907]

I should have looked in the SWR Planned Improvements section at the April engineering work page.

There is says for Sat 15 & Sun 16 April:



However I looked at the NRE page mentioned earlier because that's where the SWR planner referred me to! (Meanwhile the NRE planner currently doesn't show any suggestion that services will be any different that day.)

To be fair, it tells you where the replacement buses are running, just not the diverted trains. I am surprised the journey planner doesn't have the customary warning triangle though.