SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) has confirmed 21 additional services from London Waterloo for New Year’s Day morning.
Due to RMT strikes, a limited timetable is running so SWR is running extra trains from the capital city to help people travelling home from the New Year’s Eve fireworks.
The services will run to Basingstoke, Guildford, Kingston, Reading, Staines, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham and Woking. Customers are being advised to check their journeys before travelling as trains will have different calling patterns.
Trains travelling to London Waterloo will end by 10pm on Saturday, December 31, with some services departing much earlier. The extra 21 services from London will then begin from 12.30am on Sunday, January 1 with the final additional train leaving at 3.15am.
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South Western Railway managing director, Claire Mann, said: “We’re very pleased to confirm these limited, extra services for our customers. It’s been three years since the traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks in London and we know just how important this occasion will be.
“Anticipating the demand for the occasion, we’ve worked hard to ensure as many customers as possible can take part in the festivities. We’re advising customers looking to travel on these extra services to check both parts of their journey carefully.
"These services will be very busy after the fireworks and we’re working with Transport for London and British Transport Police on a queueing system at London Waterloo.”
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