South Western Railway (SWR) is advising customers to check before travelling over the Christmas and New Year period due to seasonal service alterations and major engineering works in the Woking area. 

On Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24 December, an amended timetable will operate, with services ending earlier than usual at around 10pm.

Island Line services will also end earlier than usual, being before 9pm. Customers intending to travel should check their final trains.  

Moreover, there will be no services on the whole network on Christmas Day, Wednesday 25 December, and Boxing Day, Thursday 26 December.

Services will resume with an amended timetable on Friday 27 December. 

A limited number of additional services will run from London Waterloo in the early hours of New Year's Day, Wednesday 1 January, for customers returning from festivities in central.

Services will call at stations in London and Surrey on the Kingston via Richmond, Twickenham via Wimbledon and Guildford via Woking routes. 

As well as these seasonal alterations, services will also be impacted by engineering works from Sunday 22 December to the end of Sunday 5 January 2025.

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Buses will replace trains on some routes, so customers should allow extra time as journeys will take longer than usual. 

SWR's normal timetable will resume on Monday 6 January 2025.

Journey planners are up to date, so customers should plan ahead and check their journeys carefully if they intend to travel on these routes. 

Steve Tyler, Performance and Planning Director at South Western Railway, said: "Christmas is always a busy time on the railway and due to service alterations, we recommend customers check journey planners carefully before travelling.

"Trains will stop running earlier than usual on Christmas Eve and, as usual, there will be no trains on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. 

"We are pleased to be running a limited number of additional services in the early hours of New Year's Day to get people home after celebrating, but please only head to the fireworks on the South Bank if you have a ticket for the event.

"We strongly advise anyone planning to travel between Monday 23 December 2024 and Sunday 5 January 2025 to check their journey carefully and allow extra time as journeys will take longer than usual. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause."