Industrial Action

Last updated: 2 May 2024

Industrial action by the ASLEF union is set to take place on the following dates:

Monday 6 May – overtime ban, revised service
Tuesday 7 May – strike action, significantly reduced service
Wednesday 8 to Saturday 11 May – overtime ban, revised service

For information on ticketing and refunds, please visit our page here.

Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday) – revised service, check before you travel

A revised service will run, with short-notice cancellations possible. Engineering work will also affect our network. For more information, please visit our Planned Improvements page.

Travel advice:

Please check before you travel
Please check your entire journey as industrial action will also affect other operators
Journey planners are up to date

Services will run as follows:

Suburban lines
London Waterloo – Dorking	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Guildford via Leatherhead	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Woking	Two trains per hour
London Waterloo – Guildford via Cobham & Stoke D’Abernon	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Shepperton	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Hampton Court	Two trains per hour
London Waterloo – Chessington South	One train per hour
London Waterloo – London Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond	Two trains per hour

Windsor lines
London Waterloo – Windsor & Eton Riverside	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Weybridge	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Reading	One train per hour

West of England
London Waterloo – Exeter St Davids	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Salisbury	One train per hour will run between Basingstoke and Salisbury only
Yeovil Pen Mill/Castle Cary/Westbury	Normal Bank Holiday service
Salisbury - Romsey	Up to two trains every three hours

South West Main Line
London Waterloo - Basingstoke (stopping)	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Guildford	Two trains per hour
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Eastleigh	One train per hour will run between Winchester and Portsmouth only due to engineering work, calling additionally at Shawford
London Waterloo – Weymouth	One train per hour will run between London Waterloo and Weymouth via Havant, and one train will run between Winchester and Weymouth, due to engineering work

Other
Island Line	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Alton	One train per hour
Portsmouth – Southampton	One train per hour
Brockenhurst – Lymington	Two trains per hour
Farnham – Guildford	Up to two trains per hour
Aldershot – Ascot	One train per hour
Southampton Central to Weymouth / Bournemouth to Poole	One train per hour

Tuesday 7 May – strike action, only travel if absolutely necessary

An extremely limited service will run on a limited number of lines. Large parts of our network will be closed and trains will only run between:

Basingstoke and Salisbury
London Waterloo and Basingstoke
London Waterloo and Feltham via Twickenham
London Waterloo and Guildford via Woking
London Waterloo and Woking

There will be no service on the Island Line.

Trains will only run between the hours of 0700 and 1900. There will be no other train services on our network outside of these times.

Download a copy of the map.

Travel advice:

Please only travel if your journey is absolutely necessary
If you must travel, please check before you travel
Please check your entire journey, as industrial action will also affect other operators
Journey planners are up to date.

London Waterloo to Woking	London Waterloo to Basingstoke	Guildford to London Waterloo	London Waterloo to Feltham (via Twickenham)	Salisbury to Basingstoke
4 trains per hour each way peak/ 2 off peak	1 train per hour each way	1 train per hour each way	2 trains per hour	1 train per hour (90 minutes at start and end of service)
First train from London Waterloo: 0720	First train from London Waterloo: 0715	First train from Guildford: 0749	First train from London Waterloo: 0719	First train from Salisbury: 0636
Last train from London Waterloo: 1820	Last train from London Waterloo: 1815	Last train from Guildford: 1749	Last train from London Waterloo: 1807	Last train from Salisbury: 1721
First train from Woking: 0645	First train from Basingstoke: 0651	First train from London Waterloo: 0745	First train from Feltham: 0711	First train from Basingstoke: 0715
Last train from Woking: 1750	Last train from Basingstoke: 1810	Last train from London Waterloo: 1745	Last train from Feltham: 1811	Last train from Basingstoke: 1832
Services will call at: London Waterloo Clapham Junction Wimbledon Surbiton Esher Hersham Walton-on-Thames Weybridge Byfleet & New Haw West Byfleet Woking	Services will call at: London Waterloo Clapham Junction Surbiton Woking Brookwood Farnborough Fleet Winchfield Hook Basingstoke	Services will call at: London Waterloo Clapham Junction Surbiton Woking Worplesdon Guildford	Services will call at: London Waterloo Vauxhall Clapham Junction Wandsworth Town Putney Barnes Mortlake North Sheen Richmond St Margarets Twickenham Whitton Feltham	Services will call at: Salisbury Grateley Andover Whitchurch Overton Basingstoke

Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 May – revised service, check before you travel

A revised service will run, with short-notice cancellations possible. Engineering work will also affect our network.

Travel advice:

Please check before you travel
Please also check your entire journey as industrial action will also affect other operators
Journey planners will be up to date on Saturday 4 May

Services will run as follows:

Suburban lines
London Waterloo – Dorking	Normal hourly service
London Waterloo – Guildford via Leatherhead	Normal hourly service
London Waterloo – Woking	Normal half-hourly service, some early morning and late-night cancellations
London Waterloo – Guildford via Cobham & Stoke D’Abernon	Full peak service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Shepperton	Hourly off-peak, some services via Twickenham cancelled
London Waterloo – Hampton Court	Full peak service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo - Chessington South	Normal service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Kingston via Wimbledon	Normal half-hourly service, some early morning cancellations
London Waterloo – Kingston via Richmond	Normal half-hourly services, some late-night cancellations

Windsor lines
London Waterloo – Windsor & Eton Riverside	Full peak service, hourly off-peak, some early morning cancellations
London Waterloo – Weybridge	Full peak service, hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Reading	Normal half-hourly service
London Waterloo – London Waterloo via Hounslow	Some peak service cancellations

West of England
London Waterloo – Exeter St Davids	Largely as per normal weekday timetable
London Waterloo – Salisbury	Largely as per normal weekday timetable, some evening cancellations
Yeovil Pen Mill/Castle Cary/Westbury	Mostly cancelled, with no services via Westbury. Yeovil Pen Mill will be served by two morning and two evening services
Salisbury – Romsey	Largely as per normal weekday timetable

South West Main Line
London Waterloo – Basingstoke	Normal half-hourly service, some early morning cancellations
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Guildford	Some peak services cancelled, reduced to half-hourly off-peak
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Eastleigh	Largely as per normal weekday timetable with some cancellations
London Waterloo – Weymouth	Largely reduced to one train per hour to Weymouth, other half hour service will run between London Waterloo and Bournemouth. Some cancellations.

Other
Island Line	Hourly service
London Waterloo – Alton	Normal half-hourly service
Portsmouth – Southampton	Largely as per normal weekday timetable with some cancellations
Brockenhurst – Lymington	Largely as per normal weekday timetable
Farnham – Guildford	Three trains every two hours
Aldershot – Ascot	Three trains every two hours

Saturday 11 May – revised service, check before you travel

Please check before you travel
Please check your entire journey as industrial action will also affect other operators
Journey planners will be up to date on Saturday 4 May

Services will run as follows:

Suburban lines
London Waterloo – Dorking	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Guildford via Leatherhead	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Woking	Two trains per hour
London Waterloo – Guildford via Cobham & Stoke D’Abernon	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Shepperton	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Hampton Court	Two trains per hour
London Waterloo - Chessington South	One train per hour
London Waterloo – London Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond	Two trains per hour

Windsor lines
London Waterloo – Windsor & Eton Riverside	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Weybridge	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Reading	Two trains per hour between London Waterloo and Ascot only due to engineering work

West of England
London Waterloo – Exeter St Davids	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Salisbury	One train per hour will run between Basingstoke and Salisbury only
Yeovil Pen Mill/Castle Cary/Westbury	Normal service
Salisbury – Romsey	Up to two trains every three hours

South West Main Line
London Waterloo – Basingstoke (stopping)	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Guildford	Three trains per hour will run between London Waterloo and Petersfield due to engineering work
London Waterloo – Portsmouth via Eastleigh	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Weymouth	One train per hour

Other
Island Line	One train per hour
London Waterloo – Alton	One train per hour
Portsmouth – Southampton	One train per hour
Brockenhurst – Lymington	Rail replacement buses will operate
Farnham – Guildford	No services due to engineering work
Aldershot – Ascot	One train per hour
Bournemouth to Poole	One train per hour

Sunday 12 May – normal service

Services will run as per the normal timetable.

Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday) – revised service, check before you travel

Tuesday 7 May – strike action, only travel if absolutely necessary

Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 May – revised service, check before you travel

Saturday 11 May – revised service, check before you travel

Sunday 12 May – normal service

Accessibility

Information on strike ticket acceptance, refunds and compensation

Delay Repay

Strike FAQs