{"id":343257,"date":"2026-01-05T19:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=187380"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:27:03","slug":"full-swr-services-resume-after-upgrades-between-london-waterloo-and-clapham-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=343257","title":{"rendered":"Full SWR services resume after upgrades between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/travel\/full-swr-services-resume-after-upgrades-between-london-waterloo-and-clapham-junction\/\" title=\"Full SWR services resume after upgrades between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05092225\/Work-at-Queenstown-Road-with-a-SWR-train-passing-Network-Rail-1-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05092225\/Work-at-Queenstown-Road-with-a-SWR-train-passing-Network-Rail-1-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05092225\/Work-at-Queenstown-Road-with-a-SWR-train-passing-Network-Rail-1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Western Railway services resumed this morning (Monday 5 January) between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction following 11 days of engineering work on one of the busiest stretches of railway in the country<\/p>\n<p>More than 350 engineers have worked around the clock since Christmas Day to deliver&nbsp; a series of&nbsp; upgrades in the Queenstown Road area including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Renewing approximately 1,000 metres of track, including the electrified third rail.<\/li>\n<li>Replacing switches and crossings, allowing the trains to change tracks.<\/li>\n<li>Completing signalling and power upgrades.<\/li>\n<li>Installing new ballast and sleepers to strengthen track foundations.<\/li>\n<li>Altering platforms at Queenstown Road station to fit the new track layout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wistia-inc wp-block-embed-wistia-inc\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Queenstown Road handback (no subtitles) Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/1raq0y8xnp?dnt=1#?secret=kNNoAIZEgb\" data-secret=\"kNNoAIZEgb\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The work was carried out\u00a0 over the Christmas period, when customer numbers\u00a0 fall significantly, making it the least disruptive\u00a0 time to complete\u00a0 these vital upgrades.\u00a0Completing the work at this time avoided the need for\u00a0eight separate weekend closures.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of South Western Railway and Network Rail Wessex, Route Renewals Director George Murrell, said: \u201cI\u2019d like to thank passengers for their patience and understanding while we carried out these essential upgrades\u00a0 at London Waterloo. The improvements\u00a0 will make one of the busiest stretches of railway in the country more resilient and customers can expect fewer faults and delays, together with smoother and more reliable journeys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There will be two partial closures between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction over the weekends of 10-11 January and 31 January &#8211; 1 February to allow for further maintenance works to take place in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Customers are advised to use SWR\u2019s journey planner at <a href=\"http:\/\/southwesternrailway.com\/plan-my-journey\">southwesternrailway.com\/plan-my-journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Network Rail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/travel\/full-swr-services-resume-after-upgrades-between-london-waterloo-and-clapham-junction\/\" title=\"Full SWR services resume after upgrades between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05092225\/Work-at-Queenstown-Road-with-a-SWR-train-passing-Network-Rail-1-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>South Western Railway services resumed this morning (Monday 5 January) between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction following 11 days of engineering work on one of the busiest stretches of railway in the country More than 350 engineers have worked around the clock since Christmas Day to deliver\u00a0 a series of\u00a0 upgrades in the Queenstown Road [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,47,16115,16092,16016,913,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-rail-news","category-signalling-and-telecoms","category-stations","category-train-operating-companies","category-travel","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=343257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343258,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343257\/revisions\/343258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=343257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=343257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}