SWR shuts lines near New Malden this weekend with no Chessington South trains

South Western Railway is closing the lines around New Malden for maintenance on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September. A large number of services from London Waterloo are affected over the weekend.

Some trains are cancelled while others start from a different station or are diverted onto other routes. Replacement buses cover several stretches of line.

Saturday: SWR services from Waterloo

With the New Malden lines shut all day, there are no trains between Waterloo and Chessington South. The Waterloo service running via Wimbledon and Kingston is also cancelled. Dorking and Guildford trains via Epsom begin at Worcester Park. Hampton Court trains and Guildford via Cobham trains begin at Surbiton, as do Woking stopping services. Shepperton trains are diverted between Clapham Junction and Kingston by way of Richmond.

Further out, Portsmouth via Eastleigh trains start at Basingstoke, as do Salisbury stopping services. Alton trains and Basingstoke stopping trains start at Woking, and some Portsmouth via Guildford trains start there too. Weymouth and Exeter St Davids trains run to revised timetables, and so do Reading and Windsor services.

Chessington South is served by replacement buses from Clapham Junction, which travel by way of Wimbledon. Worcester Park also gets buses from Clapham Junction through Wimbledon. Several bus routes link Clapham Junction and Surbiton.

Sunday 20 September: which trains are not running

There are no trains to Chessington South or Dorking on Sunday. Hampton Court services are cancelled as well, and so are Guildford via Woking stopping trains. Kingston via Hounslow trains stop in the afternoon and evening. Guildford via Epsom trains start at Worcester Park, and Guildford via Cobham trains also start there before being diverted through Epsom.

Afternoon and evening trains from Waterloo to Portsmouth via Eastleigh are cancelled, and a revised service runs between Eastleigh and Portsmouth. Morning and early afternoon Waterloo trains to Poole and Portsmouth via Eastleigh make an extra stop at Farnborough and do not split at Eastleigh. Alton and Basingstoke stopping trains start at Woking and run once an hour.

On Sunday, replacement buses leave Clapham Junction for six places: Weybridge, Effingham Junction, Hampton Court, Surbiton, Worcester Park and Chessington South. Addlestone also has its own bus to Weybridge.