RAILWAY strikes are to bring more disruption later this month as staff are going on strike yet again.
South Western Railway is urging its customers to travel by rail only if absolutely necessary between Thursday, August 18 and Sunday, August 21 when the planned industrial action will take place.
Customers should expect disruption on the network and are being advised to seek alternative travel arrangements.
A severely reduced service has been made available during the days of strike, with services running between 7.15am and 6.30pm being limited.
Network Rail will provide contingency cover for critical roles including electrical control room operators, signallers, maintenance, and response teams, but will not be able to cover the whole day.
South Western Railway’s commercial director, Peter Williams, said: “Please only travel if absolutely necessary between Thursday 18 and Sunday 21 August as strike action will severely impact our services.
“Those who must travel are urged to carefully check the times of first and last trains and seek alternative means of travel.
“The scale of the action will be incredibly disruptive for our customers with large parts of our network closed on strike days and a late start up on the morning after each strike day.
“First trains will run much later than usual and are likely to be very busy, so please travel later in the day if you can.
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“We are sorry that strikes will again cause such disruption. We are grateful to our customers for their continued cooperation, patience, and understanding as the rail industry works to bring this damaging nationwide strike action to an end.”
Services during the four days of strike:
- Four trains per hour in each direction between London Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside via Hounslow
- Two semi-fast trains per hour in each direction between London Waterloo and Basingstoke
- Four trains per hour in each direction between London Waterloo and Woking
- Two fast trains per hour in each direction between London Waterloo and Southampton Central
- Trains will not stop at all the stations on these routes. There will be no SWR services across the rest of the network.
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