But because of engineering works being carried out by Network Rail, the first SWR train service – the 5.36am from Woking to ...

But because of engineering works being carried out by Network Rail, the first SWR train service – the 5.36am from Woking to Waterloo – will require a bus replacement. The Government blames an ...

One commuter rail line will go to reduced service through to the fall during a full replacement of its tracks.

The train operator officially came under public ownership at around 2am on Sunday - and the first journey, the 5.36am from Woking, was partly a rail replacement bus service due to engineering works.

The first service to run on the Labour government's first nationalised train operator will be a rail replacement bus. South Western Railway - which operates services across Hampshire and runs ...

The first service to run on the Labour government's first nationalised train operator will be a rail replacement bus. South Western Railway - which operates services across Hampshire and runs ...

with a rail replacement bus on-hand instead. Tickets for the SWR's next train, scheduled to depart from Woking at 5:36am, are still on sale, but travellers have been warned that the journey could ...

The first service by the renationlised SWR departed at 05:36 on Sunday from Woking to Surbiton - though the ongoing journey to London Waterloo was on a rail replacement bus due to engineering work.

It is not the best start - the first nationalised train is a bus replacement service. Image source, SWR Not that you would have guessed all that from the launch of the new Great British Railways ...