South Western Railway services between Basingstoke and Southampton resume after landslip

Network Rail engineers have been working to clear the debris. Credit: Network Rail

Rail passengers travelling between Southampton and Basingstoke continue to face major disruption because of a landslip, caused by extreme rainfall.

Work has now completed to clear the debris and services can resume running but passengers are warned that delays will continue.

Network Rail says the up line towards London has opened at line speed while the down line has opened with a temporary 40mph speed restriction.

A 'do not travel' warning had been issued to passengers because of the landslip.

People are still being asked to check before travelling. Credit: Network Rail

It is thought extreme rainfall caused the landslip around 5:30pm on Tuesday 9 May and blocked the line between Winchester and Basingstoke.

A large amount of soil and debris was deposited across one of the two tracks, which blocked the line to SWR services in both directions.

While the landslip was being cleared, a very limited rail replacement bus service will operate between Winchester and Basingstoke.

Services between Bournemouth and Winchester weren't affected.

People are still being asked to check before travelling at southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey.

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