National Rail advise:
A landslip has damaged part of the railway between Salisbury and Romsey resulting in all lines being closed. This is expected to continue until the end of service on Thursday 30 April.
Network Rail Twitter update
Our geotechnical team are on site analysing and planning the repair. Unfortunately, the field next to the site remains flooded. This is preventing us accessing the site with heavy machinery. We have no timescales for repair at present, but are doing everything we can to get the line reopened to passenger trains as quickly as possible. We will share any updates as soon as they are available.
Freight operators
Much of the freight traffic has resumed, but times from Laverstock to Dean are generally longer than in the timetable.
Freightliner Intermodal: were using the SWML, but from 25th the diagrammed turns resumed via Laverstock
Freightliner Mendip: have resumed services using the single line working section, the first was 59201 with the Fareham working on Monday 24th, then Eastleigh over the next night.
GBRf Departmental: the first train, over the single line working, was 6O31 17:30 from Westbury - Eastleigh on Monday 24th, and the Mountsorrel working came through overnight.
GBRf MoD: similarly has resumed
Passenger operators
SWR were running a 4 car Romsey shuttle, but with "staff shortage" cancellations on Thursday, on Friday the message is "Services between Chandlers Ford and Romsey will be suspended until the end of service due to a shortage of train crew." & "A member of train crew being unavailable means that Romsey circular services are suspended until the end of the day." so Romsey has no train service, as no operator is supplying trains.
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| Romsey, Friday 28th |
Romsey Advertiser article. My opinion remains that SWR are not stepping up to the mark to offer a reliable train service, and we have to note that yet again the DfT/RMT/SWR team will be interrupting some services in early March. They have to recognise that the customer base will walk away, and they will need to stimulate a more compelling offer to the potential traveller.
From Monday 24th:
What We're Doing About It
Engineers have confirmed there is significant damage to the embankment, with substantial repair work needed. It is expected that it will take up to two months to fully repair the railway. We are not currently able to run trains on this route.
Trains will run in a loop in both directions starting and finishing at Romsey calling at: Redbridge, Millbrook, Southampton Central, St Denys, Swaythling, Southampton Airport Parkway, Eastleigh and Chandlers Ford.
The following stations will have no train service but will be served by a half hourly bus: Dean and Mottisfont & Dunbridge
The following stations will have no train service but will be served by a half hourly bus: Dean and Mottisfont & Dunbridge
We have arranged replacement buses to run on the following routes:Salisbury - Southampton in both directions via Redbridge and Millbrook
Please note the following stations where buses will not pick up from the station:Romsey station - pick up from the bus stops on the A3057Redbridge - pick up from the bus stops by the Shell garage
Great Western Railway services between Portsmouth and Cardiff Central will only run between Salisbury and Cardiff Central. Your South Western ticket will be accepted on Great Western services via any reasonable route and Great Western tickets will be accepted on South Western Railway. Please see their publicity for details.
GWR have withdrawn from passenger train operation south of Salisbury:
Impact:
Train services running through these stations have been cancelled or suspended between Salisbury and Romsey. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 31/03/20.
Customer Advice:
Due to a landslip between Salisbury and Romsey all lines are blocked. Engineers on site at the landslip and have confirmed there is significant damage to the embankment, with substantial repair work needed. It is expected that it will take up to two months to fully repair the railway. We are not currently able to run trains between Salisbury and Romsey.
An amended train service will operate on the Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour route. GWR train services will run between Cardiff Central and Salisbury. GWR is not operating a direct train service between Romsey and Portsmouth Harbour. Affected customers are advised to travel with South Western Railway between Romsey and Portsmouth Harbour.
GWR is operating train services between Portsmouth Harbour and Brighton.
CrossCountry are conveying passengers between Southampton Central and Reading in both directions until further notice.
Replacement road transport services are conveying passengers between Salisbury and Southampton Central in both directions until further notice.
South Western Railway are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. South Western Railway is accepting GWR tickets on the following routes:
- Replacement road transport between Salisbury and Southampton Central,
- Train services on the Romsey circular service Romsey to Romsey via Chandlers Ford and Southampton Central.
- Train services between Southampton Central to Basingstoke.
GWR is accepting South Western Railway tickets on replacement road transport between Salisbury and Southampton Central and on train services between Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads.
