London Waterloo - station, services, facilities, incidents - and some quirks / odd facts (merged posts)

From a SWT^▸ email. Anyone travelling Thursday or Friday evening will probably have already felt the effects of this track defect.

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Major Emergency Engineering at London Waterloo affecting the South West Trains Network Sunday 14th April 2013

A rail defect was identified between London Waterloo and Vauxhall on Thursday afternoon. The nature of the defect has meant that a temporary speed restriction has had to be imposed which has resulted in a reduction to the number of trains we are able to run across the affected area.

Our engineers have been conducting regular inspections of the area and have advised us that the defect needs to be repaired as quickly as possible, before it deteriorates. We have looked at all possible options to carry out the work in a manner that will have the least amount of impact to our customers.

The engineering team will require 16 hours of access to the track to allow them to remove a rail crossing and replace it with a brand new one. The access required by the engineers will mean that platforms 1 to 10 at London Waterloo will be out of use on Sunday 14th April until approximately 16:00hrs. A very limited train service will run out of London Waterloo as a result of this work.

Please see below for a summary of train services affected by this work. Check here for engineering improvement work that is already planned to take place aound the network.

West of England

Crewkerne to London Waterloo services at 22 minutes past each hour will terminate at Woking. The 13:22 service from Crewkerne will be the first train to run through to London Waterloo (as will all subsequent departures from Crewkerne).

London Waterloo to Crewkerne services will start from Woking (at 46 minutes past each hour). The 17:15 service will be the first train to start from London Waterloo (as will all subsequent departures).

A train service will run between London Waterloo and Woking in both directions however we expect these services to be very busy.

Suburban - Ewell West

Buses will replace trains between Ewell West and Wimbledon until approximately 15:00. Customers should change at Wimbledon for an onward train service. The times of the first trains to run between Ewell West and London Waterloo are listed below:

14:50 Ewell West to Waterloo
16:32 London Waterloo to Ewell West

All subsequent departures after these times will be trains services (not buses).

Until approximately 15:00 Buses will depart Wimbledon bound for Ewell West at 2 & 32 minutes past each hour, and Ewell West bound for Wimbledon at 19 & 49 minutes past each hour.

Suburban - Guildford (via Cobham)

London Waterloo to Guildford (via Cobham) services will start from Surbiton (at 32 minutes past each hour). The 17:00 service will be the first train to start from London Waterloo (as will all subsequent trains).

Guildford to London Waterloo (via Cobham) services at 50 minutes past each hour will terminate at Surbiton. The 14:50 service from Guildford will be the first train to run though to London Waterloo (as will all subsequent departures). A train service will run between Surbiton and London Waterloo in both directions however we expect these services to be very busy.

Suburban - Chessington South

London Waterloo to Chessington South services will start from Wimbledon (at 10 & 40 minutes past each hour). The 16:51 service will be the first train to start from London Waterloo (as will all subsequent departures).

Chessington South to London Waterloo services at 10 & 40 minutes past each hour will terminate at Wimbledon. The 15:10 service will be the first train to run through to London Waterloo (as will all subsequent departures).

A train service will run between London Waterloo and Wimbledon in both directions however we expect these services to be very busy.

Windsor & Eton Riverside

An hourly service will run between London Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside in both directions until mid-afternoon. Trains will depart London Waterloo at 44 minutes past each hour. Trains will depart Windsor & Eton Riverside at 01 minute past each hour. A twice hourly service will resume between London Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside by mid-afternoon.

Kingston

Kingston to London Waterloo services at 11 minutes past each hour will not run until 15:11 (and all subsequent trains). Alternative train services are available from Kingston to London Waterloo via Richmond.

London Waterloo to Kingston services at 56 minutes past each hour will not run until 15:56 (and all subsequent trains). Alternative train services are available from London Waterloo to Kingston via Richmond.

We are sorry for the inconvenience the additional work this Sunday will cause while you travel on our network. We are working to repair the fault at the earliest possible opportunity to enable us to deliver our full service again from Monday 15th April.