Your guide to train changes over Christmas and New Year

Here is everything you need to know about engineering works and changes to train services over the Christmas and New Year period.

South West Trains

• Friday Dec 23- normal service with some services strengthened.

• Saturday Dec 24- Normal service subject to engineering work between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction. The last train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour will depart at 7.52pm.

• Sunday Dec 25 and Monday Dec 26- no service.

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• Tuesday Dec 27- Saturday service will run subject to engineering work. The Woking to Heathrow Railair bus service will run a Sunday service.

• Wednesday Dec 28 to Friday Dec 30- Saturday service subject to engineering work.

• Saturday Dec 31- Sunday service will some alterations to services in the London Waterloo area. From 11.30pm trains towards London will not call at Vauxhall. Last train on Sunday morning between London Waterloo and Southampton Central will be at 2.35am.

• Sunday Jan 1- Sunday service subject to engineering work.

• Monday Jan 2- Normal Saturday service subject to engineering work.

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• Tuesday Jan 3- Normal service subject to engineering work.

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Southern Rail

• Thursday Dec 22 and Friday Dec 23- Normal service but RMT Union industrial action is planned.

• Saturday Dec 24- Normal Saturday service throughout the day. Trains will stop running at 11pm. RMT Union industrial action is planned.

• Sunday Dec 25- no service.

• Monday Dec 26- There will be an hourly service between London Victoria and Brighton, and a half hourly service between London Victoria and Sutton and also between Victoria and East Croydon.

• Tuesday Dec 27- Saturday service will run.

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• Wednesday Dec 28 to Friday Dec 30- Saturday service will run with additional trains running at peak times.

• Saturday Dec 31- Normal service will run. There will be additional early morning New Years Eve special services from 1.07am to 5.07am between London Victoria and East Croydon calling at all stations. RMT Union industrial action is planned.

• Sunday Jan 1- Normal service with minor alterations to late evening services. RMT Union industrial action is planned.

• Monday Jan 2- Saturday service with minor alterations to some late evening services. RMT Union industrial action is planned.

• Tuesday Jan 3- Normal service.

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Engineering Work

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• Saturday Dec 24- Improvement work taking place between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction, affecting all South West Trains routes from London. On the Portsmouth Harbour route, trains via Guildford will call additionally at Clapham Junction.

Some trains will also call additionally at Farncombe, Godalming, Liphook, Liss, Bedhampton and Hilsea extending journey times.

Trains via Basingstoke services will start/terminate at Basingstoke.