Rail strike affecting trains to Southampton

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From the BBC:

 

Meanwhile, a 24-hour strike by Aslef and RMT drivers on 29 August, will halt South West Trains on many routes.

 

The industrial action is the first of three days of strike action affecting South West Trains.

The strikes will run from midnight to midnight on Tuesday, the 8 and 11 September.

SWTs has advised passengers not to travel on their trains on these dates as the strike "will severely limit services", with no trains able to operate on many routes, National Rail Inquiries said.

There will be a very limited train service on the following routes:

*Haslemere - Guildford - Woking - London/Waterloo

*Southampton - Salisbury - Basingstoke - London/Waterloo

*Hampton Court - Surbiton - London/Waterloo.

Special replacement bus services will be running in place of trains on a number of routes, however, due to space restrictions "bulky luggage and prams cannot be carried on any of these replacement bus services".

Bicycles, other than those that can be folded, will not be allowed on the company's trains or their replacement buses. For travellers planning to take the Eurostar - linking the UK with France and Belgium - the high speed train service has added an extra two trains to its schedule to cater for the extra 140,000 passengers it is expecting over the long weekend.