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From Monday 4 January - Island Line temporarily closed

What's going on
There is no train service for any stations on Island Line from Monday 4 January until Wednesday 31 March 2021 whilst engineering work takes place to upgrade the network.

The current service is being temporarily replaced by a regular bus service.

Why is there no service? 
As part of a £26m upgrade of Island Line, there is a three-month work programme to transform services and deliver new trains for the residents and visitors to the Isle of Wight.

Part of this programme includes the construction of a new passing loop at Brading which requires the entire line to be closed between Monday 4 January until Wednesday 31 March 2021. Once complete, these improvements will allow us to deliver a new regular 30-minute train service from the next timetable change in May 2021.

We are also ‘evening-out’ some sections of track to improve the quality of the ride as well as making changes to some platforms to deliver step-free access to the new Class 484 trains. Improvements at stations will include new Wi-Fi and ticket vending machines at Shanklin, Sandown and Ryde St John’s Road.

How is my journey affected – bus timetable 

An hourly rail replacement bus service will operate in both directions throughout the works to upgrade the network. Additional buses will be provided for school services.

You can check the bus timings on our website : https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey

Further Information
Full details on the improvements being made to Island Line can be found here:

 https://www.southwesternrailway.com/destinations-and-offers/island-line/island-line-upgrade.

What's Going On

We’re sorry, but due to additional engineering work on our network, as well as a high number of our train crew impacted by COVID-19 we will be making the following alterations to our services from Monday 04/01/2021 onwards: 

• Reduction in service on the Hounslow Loop to one train per hour in both directions.
• Reduction of service between Shepperton and London Waterloo (via Wimbledon) to 1 train per hour in both directions.
• Reduction of service between Weybridge and London Waterloo (via Virginia Water) to 1 train per hour in both directions.
• Reduction of stopping services between Basingstoke and London Waterloo to 1 train per hour in both directions.
• Reduction of service between Alton and London Waterloo to 1 train per hour in both directions.
  
• Removal of peak time additional services from Reading, Shepperton (via Twickenham), Farnham and Hounslow.
• Removal of the 3 additional Epsom to Waterloo services in the morning peak.
• Reduction of services between Salisbury and London Waterloo to an hourly frequency during peak periods. Some other services may also be altered or cancelled.
• Removal of the twice daily Salisbury to Bristol services.

Further changes to timetables may need to be made at short notice in the coming weeks and months. We strongly recommend checking your journey using our Journey Planning and live train times pages closer to the time of your travel.