SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) has outlined its services during industrial action on Friday 12, Saturday 13 and between Monday 15 and Saturday 20 May.
On Friday 12 May a nationwide strike by ASLEF union members will affect SWR’s network-wide depot drivers, who bring trains in and out of service, as well as drivers on the Island Line.
SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) is to install publicly accessible automated external defibrillators at all 154 of the staffed stations on its network.
The train operator, which is one of the largest in the country with stations across South West London, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire Dorset, Wilshire, Somerset, and Devon, is investing over half a million pounds in the project as part of...
SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) has set out its service plan for the rest of this week and weekend, following the major landslip in the Hook area, which has severely reduced the number of trains that can safely run between Basingstoke and Woking.
The landslip has left a 44-metre stretch of track suspended in mid-air, resulting in a severely restricted service between Basingstoke and...
South Western Railway (SWR) is urging customers to only travel if absolutely necessary from Tuesday 3rd to Sunday 8th January due to strike action. The latest information and details of which services are running can be found here .
National strike action by the RMT union on Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th January will mean a severely reduced service on...
South Western Railway (SWR) is urging customers only to travel by rail if absolutely necessary on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October due to the planned RMT and TSSA industrial action.
Customers should expect severe disruption on the network and, if they must travel on either of those days, should seek to do so by other means.
SWR has published its strike day service levels for...
From Monday 5 September, South Western Railway (SWR) will be introducing a temporary reduced timetable on the West of England line.
This revised timetable will enable SWR to operate a resilient service for customers after an Emergency Speed Restriction was put in place between Gillingham in Dorset and Tisbury in Wiltshire by Network Rail engineers.
Customers at four of South Western Railway’s (SWR) stations in Devon are set to benefit from the latest round of a multi-million pound repainting scheme.
The £1.5m programme, which started in 2021, has seen 57 stations across the SWR network repainted both internally and externally in 2021/2022 alone.
As part of the programme, Axminster, Feniton, Honiton and Whimple stations...
South Western Railway (SWR) has completed the installation of Co Bikes docking stations plus 30 e-bikes at Cranbrook and Honiton stations, launching a new eco-friendly onward travel option for their customers.
The e-bikes, supplied by Co Bikes, will provide SWR customers with a green and efficient transport alternative, helping to tackle congestion on roads, improve air quality and...
South Western Railway (SWR) today announced that it will be introducing a new timetable from Monday 21 February that will see train services return to pre-Omicron levels.
The move comes as improving staff availability means that SWR can increase the number of trains it runs without compromising reliability for customers. The uplift is timely as more people return to the railway...
