From Sunday 21 September to Saturday 13 December 2025 trains will run to our autumn timetable. There will be minor changes to train times, with services departing between one and five minutes earlier than usual.
For example, all services between Dorking and London Waterloo will depart Dorking two minutes earlier than usual.
Journey planners are up to date and we recommend planning ahead here.
You can also download our autumn timetables here.
Why are you making these changes?
Every autumn we make small changes to our timetables during leaf fall season.
When leaves fall on our tracks and trains travel over them, they form a slippery surface that is similar to black ice on roads.
We need to allow our trains more time to accelerate and brake in these conditions, which is why services across our network are retimed.
Following challenging conditions in 2024 which led to poor performance across our suburban network, we are also making changes to weekday services at three stations, Kempton Park, Upper Halliford and West Byfleet.
What are the changes?
We have worked closely with Network Rail to learn from the autumn of 2024 and understand how we can improve for the autumn of 2025.
We identified that on weekdays, minor delays in the congested Surbiton and Wimbledon areas can quickly affect the whole of our suburban network. We need to build more time into our timetables and our best option is to remove stops at some of our quieter stations.
We have chosen to remove stops at Kempton Park and Upper Halliford to improve performance on the Shepperton branch line and in the Wimbledon area, and at West Byfleet to improve performance in the Surbiton area.
We have chosen these stations due to their low customer numbers outside of peak hours, the high number of train services at these stations, and how close they are to alternative stations.
For example, Kempton Park sees up to 15 customers for each service on average outside of peak hours, and is within walking distance of Sunbury, which sees two trains an hour in each direction off-peak.
Shepperton branch line changes
From Sunday 21 September to Saturday 13 December 2025, trains will not stop at these stations at the times below, from Monday to Friday:
Kempton Park
Services to London Waterloo: 0948, 1048, 1148, 1248, 1348, 1448, 1548, 1648, 1748, 2048, 2148 and 2248
Services to Shepperton: 0826, 0926, 1026, 1126, 1226, 1326, 1427, 1526, 1626, 1726, 2026, 2126, 2226 and 2327
Upper Halliford
Services to London Waterloo: 0914, 1014, 1114, 1214, 1315, 1414, 1514, 1614, 1714, 1814, 1914, 2014, 2114 and 2214
Services to Shepperton: 0900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1301, 1400, 1500, 1601, 1700, 2000, 2100 and 2300
All other services will run as normal, per our autumn timetable.
If you require services from Kempton Park or Upper Halliford at these times, we recommend travelling from Sunbury instead, which is a 13 minute walk from Kempton Park and a 20 minute walk from Upper Halliford.
If you require assistance from Kempton Park or Upper Halliford to Sunbury, you can contact our assisted travel service for support. Find out more about our assisted travel service here.
Changes at West Byfleet
From Sunday 21 September to Saturday 13 December 2025, a small number of off-peak stopping services from Woking to London Waterloo will not call at West Byfleet, between Monday and Friday. The services affected are at:
1037, 1137, 1237, 1336, 1437, 1737, 1836, 1937, 2038, 2137 and 2237.
Does this affect the West of England timetable?
Services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids have been reduced since Monday 11 August due to a problem known as ‘soil moisture deficit’.
While services will be slightly retimed in the autumn, the reduced frequency of trains between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids, and longer journey times between London Waterloo, Yeovil Junction and Exeter St Davids, will remain until further notice.
You can find out more about that timetable here.
More information
You can find out more about leaf fall season and how it affects the railway by visiting Network Rail’s website here.
