- By Charlotte Andrews
- BBC News
South Western Railway urges people to check before they travel
Emergency work to repair a landslip that damaged part of a railway track is expected to affect train services.
Trains travelling through the Farnborough area of Hampshire on Sunday will be disrupted while work is carried out on the line.
Network Rail said the landslip had been caused by recent heavy rainfall, and that two of the four tracks would be out of action.
Rail replacement buses will run between Basingstoke, Woking and Aldershot.
South Western Railway also warned there would be wider changes to services between London Waterloo and Southampton Central, Portsmouth via Basingstoke, Exeter St Davids, and Salisbury.
The line would reopen in time for the start of service on Monday, Network Rail said.
The landslip is affecting the railway line north of Farnborough
Matt Pocock, Network Rail’s operations director for Wessex, apologised ahead of the delays.
He said: “We’ve had some very wet weather recently, and because of this we need to repair a small landslip on a railway cutting north of Farnborough, so that we can stabilise it and stop it from slipping further.
“We want to be able to lift the speed restriction currently on trains in this area, and so we’ll be undertaking the work from the early hours of Sunday until just before the first trains are due on Monday morning.”
Two tracks will remain open, allowing some trains to pass through, but on a reduced timetable and at slower speeds.
Buses will run between Woking and Aldershot, calling at Brookwood and Ash Vale. Services between Woking and Alton will run between Guildford and Alton only.
Trains running from London Waterloo to Southampton Central, Exeter St Davids and Portsmouth Harbour via Basingstoke will depart much earlier than usual, running non-stop between Woking and Basingstoke.
Stopping services between London Waterloo and Salisbury will only run between Basingstoke and Salisbury after 17:00 GMT.
Stopping services between London Waterloo and Southampton Central will only run between Basingstoke and Southampton Central after 15:00 GMT.
Customers have been urged to check before they travel.
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