Disruptions & planned work

Engineering work is taking place between Southampton Central and Poole, closing all lines. CrossCountry: Replacement buses will run between Southampton Airport Parkway and Bournemouth. Trains will continue to run between Reading and Southampton Central. You should change between bus and train services at Southampton Airport Parkway. Great Western Railway: Trains between Cardiff Central / Bristol Temple Meads and Portsmouth Harbour will be diverted between Romsey and Fareham, and will not call at Southampton Central. These trains will additionally call at Chandlers Ford and Eastleigh. You can use your ticket at no extra cost on alternative train services between Chandlers Ford / Eastleigh and Southampton Central. South Western Railway: Buses will replace trains between: Southampton Airport Parkway / Southampton Central and Poole Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier Check before you travel: You can plan your journey using the National Rail Journey Planner . Replacement bus travel advice: For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page . You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page . Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

From 22 Nov 2026, 00:00 · Until 22 Nov 2026, 23:59 · Source changed 14 Oct 2026, 10:58

Operators: CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway

Engineering work is taking place overnight in the Eastleigh area, closing some lines. Monday to Thursday: 21:00 Weymouth to Woking service will terminate at Eastleigh. A replacement bus service to Basingstoke will connect out of this service calling as per the train 21:55 Portsmouth Harbour to Eastleigh service operate as booked to Eastleigh, then terminates at Eastleigh. 21:35 London Waterloo to Weymouth service, calls additionally at Basingstoke 22:05 London Waterloo to Bournemouth service will be diverted via Havant and calls additionally at Guildford, Havant and Fareham and then as advertised from Southampton Central. A replacement bus service from Basingstoke will operate earlier connecting into this service calling as per the train 22:08 London Waterloo to Portsmouth via Eastleigh service Start from Eastleigh at approx. 23:55 (connecting out of a bus from Basingstoke dep 22:40). Passengers for Eastleigh / Hedge End / Botley should travel earlier on the 21:42 service to Basingstoke for bus connections to Eastleigh. Passengers for Fareham should travel on the diverted 22:05 service. Additional bus required from Basingstoke to Eastleigh calling as per 22:08 train service to connect into train at Eastleigh 22:20 London Waterloo to Yeovil Junction service calls additionally at Farnborough 22:35 London Waterloo to Poole service Diverted via Havant and call additionally at Guildford, Havant and Fareham and then as advertised from Southampton Central. A replacement bus service from Basingstoke will operate earlier connecting into this service calling as per the train 23:05 London Waterloo to Southampton service terminates at Basingstoke. A replacement bus service to Southampton will connect out of this service 23:35 London Waterloo to Bournemouth service operate as booked to Woking then diverted via Havant & Fareham then normal route to Bournemouth from Southampton 23:40 London Waterloo to Salisbury service calls additionally at Farnborough and Fleet. Replacement bus services to Southampton and Portsmouth connect out of this service at Basingstoke Tuesday to Friday: 00:10 / 01:10 Eastleigh to Bournemouth service calls at Southampton Parkway, Southampton Central, Totton, Brockenhurst, New Milton, Christchurch, Pokesdown and Bournemouth. Services connects out of buses from Basingstoke Repalcement buses will run between Basingstoke and Southampton Central. Check before you travel: You can plan your journey using the National Rail Journey Planner . Replacement bus travel advice: For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page . You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page . Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

From 4 Jan 2027, 00:00 · Until 8 Jan 2027, 23:59 · Source changed 12 Oct 2026, 11:20

Operators: South Western Railway

Engineering work is taking place between Southampton Central and Romsey / Bournemouth, closing all lines. CrossCountry: Buses will replace trains between Southampton Airport Parkway, Southampton Central and Bournemouth. Great Western Railway: Trains between Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Temple Meads / Cardiff Central will divert between Fareham and Romsey (via Eastleigh and Chandlers Ford – where they will call additionally). They will not call at Southampton Central. Replacement buses will operate (hourly) between Eastleigh and Southampton Central, taking 20 minutes. Additionally, the 19:34 Bristol Temple Meads to Portsmouth Harbour will not run. You should instead travel by earlier or later services. South Western Railway: Buses will replace trains between: Southampton Airport Parkway and Bournemouth Woolston and Southampton Central Eastleigh and Bournemouth Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier Eastleigh and Romsey Southern: Trains which usually run between Brighton and Southampton Central will be amended to run between Brighton and St Denys. A replacement bus service will run between Woolston and Southampton Central to connect with trains. Journey times will be extend when using replacement buses. Check before you travel: You can plan your journey using the National Rail Journey Planner . Replacement bus travel advice: For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page . You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page . Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

From 6 Dec 2026, 00:00 · Until 6 Dec 2026, 23:59 · Source changed 8 Oct 2026, 11:57

Operators: CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Southern

Engineering work is taking place between Hinton Admiral and Southampton (Saturday) / Fareham (Sunday) , closing all lines. CrossCountry: On Saturday , buses will replace trains between Southampton Airport Parkway and Bournemouth. On Sunday , buses replace trains between Eastleigh / Southampton Airport Parkway and Bournemouth. Great Western Railway: Great Western Railway services are unaffected by work on Saturday, and will run as normal. Sunday: Trains between Cardiff Central / Bristol Temple Meads and Portsmouth Harbour will be diverted between Romsey and Fareham (via Chandlers Ford / Eastleigh, additionally calling at both stations). These trains will not call at Southampton Central. Replacement buses will run between Eastleigh and Southampton Central. Additionally, the 19:34 Bristol Temple Meads to Portsmouth Harbour service will not run. You should instead travel by earlier or later services, at no extra cost. South Western Railway: Saturday: No trains will run between Brockenhurst and Bournemouth. Replacement buses will run between: Southampton Airport Parkway and Bournemouth (direct) Brockenhurst and Bournemouth Sunday: Replacement buses will run between: Eastleigh / Southampton Central and Bournemouth Eastleigh / Southampton Central and New Milton Southampton Central and Romsey Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier Southampton Central and Woolston Southern: Southern services are unaffected by work on Saturday. On Sunday, buses will replace trains between Woolston and Southampton Central Check before you travel: You can plan your journey using the National Rail Journey Planner . Replacement bus travel advice: For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page . You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page . Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

From 31 Oct 2026, 00:00 · Until 1 Nov 2026, 23:59 · Source changed 24 Sept 2026, 09:48

Operators: CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Southern

Engineering work is taking place in the Southampton Central area, closing all lines. No trains will run between Romsey / Eastleigh / Fareham and Southampton Central / Bournemouth all weekend. CrossCountry: Trains between Eastleigh and Bournemouth will not run. Rail replacement buses will run between Eastleigh, Southampton Airport Parkway, Southampton Central, and Bournemouth. Great Western Railway: Trains between Cardiff Central / Bristol Temple Meads and Portsmouth Harbour will be diverted between Romsey and Fareham to run via and call additionally at Chandlers Ford / Eastleigh. These trains will not call at Southampton Central. Some services may be retimed. Rail replacement buses will run hourly between Eastleigh and Southampton Central. Southern: Trains between Brighton and Southampton Central will be diverted to run between Brighton and Portsmouth & Southsea, calling additionally at Fratton. Rail replacement buses will run between Havant and Southampton Central. South Western Railway: Saturday and Sunday: Buses will replace trains between: Eastleigh / Southampton Central and Bournemouth Eastleigh and New Milton Fareham and Southampton Central Southampton Central and Romsey Sunday: Buses will replace trains between: Eastleigh and Southampton Central Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier Check before you travel: You can plan your journey using the National Rail Journey Planner . Replacement bus travel advice: For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page . You can find the pick-up and drop-off location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page . Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.

From 24 Oct 2026, 00:00 · Until 25 Oct 2026, 23:59 · Source changed 16 Sept 2026, 11:19

Operators: CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, Southern, South Western Railway