Industrial Action

Last updated: 8 May 2024

Industrial action by the ASLEF union is set to take place on the following dates:

Wednesday 8 to Saturday 11 May – overtime ban, revised service

For information on ticketing and refunds, please visit our page here.

Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 May – revised service, check before you travel

A revised service will run, with short-notice cancellations possible. Engineering work will also affect our network.

Travel advice:

Please check before you travel
Please also check your entire journey as industrial action will also affect other operators
Journey planners are up to date

Services will run as follows:

Suburban lines
London Waterloo – Dorking	Normal hourly service
London Waterloo – Guildford via Leatherhead	Normal hourly service
London Waterloo – Woking	Normal half-hourly service, some early morning and late-night cancellations
London Waterloo – Guildford via Cobham & Stoke D’Abernon	Full peak service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Shepperton	Hourly off-peak, some services via Twickenham cancelled
London Waterloo – Hampton Court	Full peak service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo - Chessington South	Normal service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Kingston via Wimbledon	Normal half-hourly service, some early morning cancellations
London Waterloo – Kingston via Richmond	Normal half-hourly services, some late-night cancellations

Windsor lines
London Waterloo – Windsor & Eton Riverside	Full peak service, hourly off-peak, some early morning cancellations
London Waterloo – Weybridge	Full peak service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Reading	Normal half-hourly service
London Waterloo – London Waterloo via Hounslow	Some peak service cancellations

West of England
London Waterloo – Exeter St Davids	Largely as per normal weekday timetable
London Waterloo – Salisbury	Largely as per normal weekday timetable, some evening cancellations
Yeovil Pen Mill/Castle Cary/Westbury	Mostly cancelled, with no services via Westbury. Yeovil Pen Mill will be served by two morning and two evening services
Salisbury – Romsey	Largely as per normal weekday timetable

South West Main Line
London Waterloo – Basingstoke	Normal half-hourly service, some early morning cancellations
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Guildford	Some peak services cancelled, reduced to half-hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Eastleigh	Largely as per normal weekday timetable with some cancellations
London Waterloo – Weymouth	Largely reduced to one train per hour to Weymouth, other half hour service will run between London Waterloo and Bournemouth. Some cancellations.

Other
Island Line	Hourly service
London Waterloo – Alton	Normal half-hourly service
Portsmouth – Southampton	Largely as per normal weekday timetable with some cancellations
Brockenhurst – Lymington	Largely as per normal weekday timetable
Farnham – Guildford	Three trains every two hours
Aldershot – Ascot	Three trains every two hours

Saturday 11 May – revised service, check before you travel

A revised service will run, with short-notice cancellations possible. Engineering work will also affect our network. For more information, please visit our Planned Improvements page.

Travel advice:

Please check before you travel
Please check your entire journey as industrial action will also affect other operators
Journey planners are up to date

Services will run as follows:

Suburban lines
London Waterloo – Dorking	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Guildford via Leatherhead	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Woking	Two trains per hour
London Waterloo – Guildford via Cobham & Stoke D’Abernon	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Shepperton	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Hampton Court	Two trains per hour
London Waterloo - Chessington South	One train per hour
London Waterloo – London Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond	Two trains per hour

Windsor lines
London Waterloo – Windsor & Eton Riverside	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Weybridge	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Reading	Two trains per hour between London Waterloo and Ascot only due to engineering work

West of England
London Waterloo – Exeter St Davids	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Salisbury	One train per hour will run between Basingstoke and Salisbury only
Yeovil Pen Mill/Castle Cary/Westbury	Normal service
Salisbury – Romsey	Up to two trains every three hours

South West Main Line
London Waterloo – Basingstoke (stopping)	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Guildford	Three trains per hour will run between London Waterloo and Petersfield due to engineering work
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Eastleigh	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Weymouth	One train per hour

Other
Island Line	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Alton	One train per hour
Portsmouth – Southampton	One train per hour
Brockenhurst – Lymington	Rail replacement buses will operate
Farnham – Guildford	No services due to engineering work
Aldershot – Ascot	One train per hour
Bournemouth to Poole	One train per hour

Sunday 12 May – normal service

Services will run as per the normal timetable.

Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 May – revised service, check before you travel

Saturday 11 May – revised service, check before you travel

Sunday 12 May – normal service

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