From Sunday 20 September to Saturday 12 December 2026 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.
In addition to our autumn timetable, from Sunday 4 October 2026 there will be changes to calling patterns at Brookwood, Kempton Park, Longcross, Upper Halliford, West Byfleet, Winchfield and Woking.
Journey planners are being updated 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 previous autumns, which led to poor performance across our network, we are also making changes to services calling at Brookwood, Kempton Park, , Longcross, Upper Halliford, West Byfleet, Winchfield and Woking.
While the autumn timetable begins on Sunday 20 September, the additional changes to services for these stations will begin on Sunday 4 October.
What are the changes?
Minor delays in congested areas can quickly affect the whole of our 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 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.
From Sunday 4 October, the following changes will apply:
Brookwood
Services to London Waterloo:
Services to Basingstoke:
Kempton Park
Services to London Waterloo:
Services to Shepperton:
Longcross
Services to London Waterloo:
Services to Reading:
Upper Halliford
Services to London Waterloo:
Services to Shepperton:
West Byfleet
Services to London Waterloo:
Services to Woking:
Winchfield
Services to London Waterloo:
Services to Basingstoke:
Woking
Services to London Waterloo:
Services to Exeter St Davids:
All other services will run as per our autumn timetable.
Does this affect the West of England timetable?
Services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids are running to a temporary timetable until further notice due to a problem known as ‘soil moisture deficit’. Apart from the removal of stops at Woking as listed above, services will continue to run to the temporary timetable.
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.
