Southampton Tunnel - Trains

[nickym7]

Southampton Tunnel improvement work - 5 December to 10 January

Travelling to or through Southampton during this time? For further details about this work and altered train services please see the link below.
Work to allow freight containers to be transported by rail from the Port of Southampton across the country in a quicker, cheaper, greener and more practical way will take place from Saturday 5 December to Sunday 10 January.

http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/News/_southampton+tunnel200910.htm

There is bound to be some disruption to the services and my Christmas Shopping maybe effected.

[normalbloke]

Work to allow BIGGER containers.The standard sized tins have always been possible to pass through,but the taller tins need he floor lowering!

[Marty]

Hopefully it might take a few more lorries off the roads.

[teh]

Its a shame they can't stick more trains through it!

Its such a bottle neck to and from Southampton! Often stuck in it coming back from Swanwick station!

[Woody]

Good point.

They have dug one track up now so we are down too one. Although the peak service still seems OK.