The photos above show the significant damage within the substation building, to electrical equipment, and to wiring in the electrical control system.
What we are doing about it
Engineers will need to make the substation building safe before commissioning and testing new equipment, while also upgrading and repairing the power control system between New Milton and Eastleigh.
Engineers will require specialist equipment and electrical components that are in limited supply, and because opportunities to access the track are also limited, we estimate that repairs may take up to eight months to complete.
We are still able to run trains by using alternative power supplies, but for safety reasons, the amount of power must be restricted. This affects the number of trains we can run in the same area at the same time.
Why we are making timetable changes
To continue to run the normal amount of train services we must make minor timetable adjustments.
We have developed a temporary timetable that is designed to allow trains to run normally between London Waterloo and Brockenhurst, and keep changes to as small an area as possible.
From Monday 4 August, services will depart stations between Brockenhurst and Weymouth at slightly different times and a small number of changes to calling patterns at some stations.
Timetable changes
