South Western Railway announces new December timetable – with improved London and Portsmouth services

A new timetable is being prepared for introduction on the South Western Railway network.

Set to come into force on the 11th December, the new timetable is set to provide sufficient capacity whilst improving customer journeys.

Improvements in the new timetable include:

• Improved distribution of services of fast services from London to Twickenham, Feltham, Staines
• Improved distribution of services from London to Portsmouth in the off-peak. Giving faster journey times to London from Liss and Liphook
• London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour (via Eastleigh) services call at Farnborough and Fleet in the PM peak providing 3 trains per hour to these stations
• Restoration of 2 trains per hour at Farncombe including direct links to Clapham Junction
• Improved PM peak connections at Ash Vale onto services towards Camberley

Currently, South Western Railway says that demand continues to be below capacity, with numbers stablised around 69% of pre-pandemic levels, and peak time travel at just 53%.

More information about the new timetable can be found at www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey

Steve Tyler, Performance and Planning Director for South Western Railway, said: “This new timetable will broadly maintain current service levels across our network, while delivering more consistent and efficient service for our customers, based on close scrutiny of current travel patterns.

“We are confident our service levels adequately meet current demand on the network, but will continue to monitor changes in customer flows to adapt with agility where funding can be secured.”