Important notice from Network Rail

 

Upcoming engineering work across the south coast to impact services in Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth during the Easter holidays

 

Across the Wessex route, train services along the south coast in Hampshire, notably between Southampton and Portsmouth, will be amended between 12 and 20 April 2025.

During this time, Network Rail engineers will stabilise a railway cutting between Swanwick and Fareham, as well as strengthening the footbridge at Hamble station and other essential rail maintenance work.

 

Changes to train services:

 

• Saturday 12 April: Buses will replace trains between Eastleigh and Southampton Central, and between Southampton Central and Fareham. Services between Southampton Central and Salisbury, Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth will be revised.
• Sunday 13 April: Buses will replace trains between Southampton Central and Bournemouth, Eastleigh and Fareham, and between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier
• Monday 14 April to Friday 18 April (Good Friday): Buses will replace trains between Southampton Central and Fareham, calling at all stations.
• Saturday 19 April (Easter Saturday): Buses will replace trains between Southampton Central and Fareham, Southampton Central and Bournemouth, Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier, and Romsey and Southampton Central via Redbridge.
• Sunday 20 April (Easter Sunday): Buses will replace trains between Eastleigh and Bournemouth, Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier, Romsey and Southampton Central via Redbridge, and Southampton Central and Fareham.
• Monday 21 April (Easter Monday): All lines will reopen; however a Sunday (Bank Holiday) service will be in operation.

 

From Saturday 19 April to Monday 21 April, buses will replace trains will run between Twickenham and Teddington via Strawberry Hill in southwest London, while engineers upgrade the switches and crossings in the area, which allow the trains to change track.