THOSE hoping to travel by train on Sundays in November and December, beware – it's likely to be a difficult journey.

Buses will replace trains between Bournemouth and Weymouth until mid-morning on Sunday, November 3.

All lines between the two stations will shut for maintenance work during the morning. It is hoped lines will reopen at around 9.30am, in time for the normal Great Western Railway service to and from Weymouth to run.

Altered train services and buses will also replace trains in the Southampton area on Sunday, November 17.

No train services will run between Southampton Airport Parkway and Bournemouth. A revised train service will run between Bournemouth and Weymouth.

There will also be no Poole portion on the Portsmouth via Eastleigh services. Passengers should use the hourly service to Southampton Airport Parkway and change for the replacement buses.

Bus services for local journeys will run between Eastleigh, Southampton and Bournemouth, also between Southampton Central and New Milton via Brockenhurst and Lymington.

Finally, on Sunday, December 1, buses will replace trains between Southampton and Poole.

All lines in the Brockenhurst and Bournemouth area will be closed all day, although the normal train service will run between London Waterloo and Southampton Central.

Passengers can then take fast buses between Southampton and Bournemouth or Poole.

Buses will also run between Southampton Central and New Milton via Lymington.