Home page
Top Stories
Video News
Croydon
Elmbridge
Epsom
Hounslow & Chiswick
Kingston
Richmond
Staines
Streatham
Sutton
Wandsworth
Wimbledon, Mitcham and Morden
National News
National Video News
Entertainment News
Smarter Travel Sutton
London Mayor
Levi Bellfield Trial
Sally Anne Bowman
Crystal Palace Park
Youth Editor
Archive
Weather
Travel latest
Polls
Text your pics
Tributes
Features
Readers' Comments
On This Day
Kingston's Best
Site Map
Search Advanced Search
Staines  RSS Feed RSS feed | About
    WHEN NEWS HAPPENS
Send Your Photos
Local Info Channel
Video
News
Movie Trailers
What's On

Blogs

Have your say
EDITOR'S CHOICE
NEWS
AFC WIMBLEDON
Dons ace Luke's promotion delight
CRYSTAL PALACE NEWS
COMPETITIONS
Enter a world build for speed and win a Warner Bros. Pictures Speed Racer goody bag
Win tickets to the Rose Weekend at Hatfield House
ON THIS DAY
On this day...
VOTE
Do you think the police should be stopping and searching more people to prevent knife crime?
Yes, something’s got to be done to stop teen carrying knives.
No, it’s heavy-handed and will alienate young people.
Don’t know.
GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL
Most read Comments
Major rail disruptions over Easter
Train services are to be cut over Easter
Train services are to be cut over Easter

Travellers trying to get away over Easter are advised to avoid Clapham Junction, with major track work closing the line to Wimbledon.

Network Rail have scheduled £3million of work over the four-day long weekend, including replacing mainline tracks.

South West Trains' Nick Dorey said the lines from Clapham to Waterloo and Wimbledon will be closed while engineers work round the clock.

"We are sorry for any disruption caused to passengers during this period but rest assured we will do everything in our power to get our passengers to their destinations," Mr Dorey said.

"We strongly advise passengers to check their journey details before traveling."

Mainline services will be diverted between Woking and Clapham Junction, a reduced service will operate on most mainline routes to and from London Waterloo on Friday, Saturday and Monday.

On Sunday, trains will run from Wimbledon to London Waterloo via East Putney every 10 minutes.

Other services will terminate at Wimbledon or Surbiton and there will be reduced services on the Richmond, Twickenham, and Hounslow lines.

Network Rail route director David Pape said: "We have been working hard to plan and prepare for this project, which will lead to a more reliable railway and a better service for passengers.

"Clapham Junction is a vital and busy part of the network and while this means that more passengers will experience these benefits, we would also advise people to check their plans prior to travelling."

For more information about services, go to www.southwesttrains.co.uk or phone National Rail Enquiries on 0845 748 4950.

4:13pm Friday 7th March 2008

Print   Email this   Comment
Posted by: Pete, south of the river on 1:15pm Wed 12 Mar 08
“On Sunday, trains will run from Wimbledon to London Waterloo via East Putney every 10 minutes.“

Is that right? to start with East Putney is a tube station, I've never seen a SWT service there ever. Also, trains from Wimbledon don't go to any putney station, they go to earlsfield, vauxhall and clapham jct. trains from putney go down several routes, but i don;t think anyone's ever gone from putney to wimbledon on a train???
Posted by: Jennifer, Surbiton on 9:49am Fri 21 Mar 08
I seem to remember they did this before during emergency engineering works. The train goes off on a long loop along the tube line, so it does go through East Putney and the like.
Posted by: Jim BO, London on 3:01pm Sun 23 Mar 08
Nowhere on National Rail's website does it say that there is no service to Earlsfield from Waterloo... in fact the planner gives you te train times! Same old usless National Rail...
Add your comment
Name:
Email: *
Location:
**
Security Image. Registered site users are not required to enter Security Image Information.
 
 e.g. 123-123
Comment:
Please note: All HTML tags will be ignored.
Format Text:

 
By posting a comment, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of use. Comments are not moderated but we will react if anything that breaks the rules comes to our attention and we may delete inappropriate postings. Please treat other people with respect. You must not post anything that is abusive, indecent, unlawful or defamatory. Remember, you are personally liable for what you post on this site. If you wish to complain about a comment, contact us here.
* Your email address will not be displayed
** To avoid register now or login
Archive
'
Click here to enter the competition
This panel uses JavaScript
Click here to read your local newspaper online
Click here to read about the Green Guardian Awards 2008
Croydon Champions
Click here for more information
Click here

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON GREEN GUARDIAN
Find out what's on
Get the latest events using our database
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy © Copyright 2001-2008
Newsquest Media Group
A Gannett Company
This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network