Tags: South Western Railway

Network Rail completes railway reliability upgrades between Hounslow, Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside

Network Rail is thanking customers for their patience whilst engineers carried out reliability upgrades between Hounslow, Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside to support the reliable running of the railway and South Western Railway services. The railway reopened and services resumed as planned this morning (Tuesday 16 January) following three days of upgrades from Saturday […]

South Western Railway’s iconic Art Deco Richmond station being refurbished

South Western Railway is refurbishing parts of the iconic Art Deco style Richmond station in South West London South Western Railway, Network Rail and the Railway Heritage Trust are funding a small programme of improvements with hopes of more refurbishment in the future The station’s entrance will be transformed and customer toilets will also be […]

SWR leads the way in industry first sight loss assistance trial

SWR is the first Train Operating Company to use new form of cutting-edge technology to improve station accessibility myEyes app uses Near Field Technology to guide customers with sight loss around stations Three-month trial taking place at Vauxhall and Putney stations In an industry first, South Western Railway (SWR) has embarked on a trial of […]

Engineering work at Salisbury announced for Saturday morning – 18 December

Network Rail engineers will be working on tracks near Salisbury station on 18 December, meaning buses will replace South Western Railway and Great Western Railway trains between Salisbury and Andover/Romsey/Southampton until early afternoon. The work will complete repairs to the track at the junction outside Fisherton Tunnel in the city, damaged in an incident in […]