Industrial action is taking place on several dates in December 2022 and January 2023, affecting South Western Railway services. 48 hour strikes will take place on the dates below:
- Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 December 2022
- Friday 16 and Saturday 17 December 2022
- Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 January 2023
- Friday 6 and Saturday 7 January 2023
Additionally, there has been further strike action announced over the Christmas period which will take place from 18:00 on Saturday 24 December until 06:00 on Tuesday 27 December 2022.
On these strike days, a severely reduced timetable will run on some routes 07:30 to 18:30 only, with the rest of the network closed entirely. Due to the knock on effect of strike days, first trains will be much later than usual and be very busy on Thursday 15 and Sunday 18 December - avoid these first trains if you can. Please only travel if absolutely necessary throughout this strike period.
13, 14, 16 and 17 December
The following services will operate as below:
- London Waterloo and Southampton Central / Basingstoke - 2 trains per hour in each direction
- London Waterloo and Woking / Windsor - 4 trains per hour in each direction
The Island Line will be operating a normal service.
Timetables and further information regarding these dates can be found here
24, 27 December 2022 and 3, 4, 6 and 7 January 2023
We will post further information on this page once service levels are agreed.
More information
More information can be found on South Western Railway's dedicated industrial action webpage.
The National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner is not yet showing the strike day services for the national industrial action dates. Timetables are expected to be showing the correct strike day service levels by the following dates:
- For travel from 12 to 16 December, the Journey Planner will be correct on 9 December
- For travel on 17 December, the Journey Planner will be correct on 13 December
- For travel on 18 December, the Journey Planner will be correct on 14 December
- For travel on 24, 26 and 27 December, please check back here closer to the time of travel
- For travel on 3, 4, 6 and 7 January, please check back here closer to the time of travel