The Surrey train stations closed this weekend with replacement buses planned
Rail lines in Surrey are set to close, which means bus services will be replacing trains this Sunday. Engineering is planned to take place this Sunday (December 17) and will mean that some planning on travelling by rail will need to find alternative transport routes.
Lines between Staines[1] and Windsor are expected to be closed all day, and so will routes between Barnes and Hounslow. Up at Surbiton, the line that goes down to Effingham junction will shut, which connects to Bookham and Guildford[2].
South Western Railway informs customers that while it has organised rail[3] replacement buses, a national shortage of drivers means it cannot be guaranteed that it will not always be possible and there may be gaps in the service.
South Western Railway's map of services this weekend (Sunday, December 12) (Image: South Western Railway)
Closures are planned as follows
Staines and Windsor will be closed all day due to maintenance work:
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London Waterloo to Windsor services will be diverted after Staines and will terminate at Ascot and buses will run between Staines and Windsor.
Hounslow area will be closed all day due to maintenance work:
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London Waterloo to Woking via Staines services will be revised. These services will be diverted between Barnes and Feltham and will call additionally at Richmond and Twickenham. Buses will run between Barnes and Feltham via Hounslow.
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The afternoon and evening London Waterloo to Kingston via Hounslow services will not run. Buses will run between Barnes and Twickenham via Hounslow (afternoon and evening only).
Lines in the Effingham Junction area will be closed all day due to maintenance work:
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London Waterloo/Wimbledon to Guildford via Cobham services will not run.Passengers from London Waterloo should travel on other services to Surbiton. Buses will run between Surbiton and Guildford via Cobham.
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London Waterloo to Guildford via Epsom services will be diverted after Leatherhead and will terminate at Dorking. Buses will run between Leatherhead and Guildford via Effingham Junction.
Routes between Southampton and Portsmouth, also between Eastleigh and Portsmouth will be closed all day due to maintenance work:
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The morning and afternoon London Waterloo to Poole/Portsmouth via Eastleigh services will not divide at Eastleigh and will continue to Poole only.
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The afternoon and evening London Waterloo to Portsmouth via Eastleigh services will terminate at Eastleigh. Buses will run between Eastleigh and Portsmouth via Fareham.
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Southampton Central to Portsmouth stopping services will not run. Buses will run between Southampton Central and Portsmouth via Fareham.
The lines between Wareham and Weymouth will be closed all day due to maintenance work:
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London Waterloo to Weymouth services will terminate at Wareham.
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Buses will run between Wareham and Weymouth.
The lines in the Wokingham area will be closed all day due to maintenance work:
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London Waterloo to Reading services will terminate at Bracknell.
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Buses will run between Bracknell and Reading.
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