Easter rail travellers are being urged to check before they travel as major engineering works are set to cause disruption.
Network Rail will carry out track upgrades between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction from Friday, April 3 to Monday, April 6.
Work is taking place to replace switches and crossings, key components that allow trains to change tracks, just outside platforms 20 to 24 at London Waterloo.
Speaking on behalf of South Western Railway and Network Rail Wessex, George Murrell, Route Renewals Director, said: “We are asking passengers to check before they travel as services from London Waterloo are changing over the Easter weekend.
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"London Waterloo is one of the busiest stations in the country, switches and crossings are heavily used and need to be replaced over time.
"Carrying out this work will help give our passengers a more reliable railway as well as smoother journeys for years to come.”
A reduced service will run between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction during the works.
Engineering teams will also strengthen and refurbish the railway bridge over Lambeth Road.
At Clapham Junction, a scaffold crash deck will be installed on the underside of the footbridge at platforms three to six, allowing upgrade work to continue while trains are running.
This forms part of a longer-term project to improve the busy footbridge.
On Friday, April 3, Saturday, April 4 and Monday, April 6, services between London Waterloo and destinations including Reading, Weybridge via Staines, and Windsor & Eton Riverside will start and finish at Clapham Junction.
Passengers can change at Clapham Junction for onward services to London Waterloo.
Queenstown Road (Battersea) will be closed throughout and passengers are advised to use alternative stations.
On Sunday, April 5, engineering works will extend as far as Barnes, with services to Reading and Windsor & Eton Riverside diverted via Wimbledon and Twickenham.
Buses will replace trains between Clapham Junction and Barnes, calling at Wandsworth Town and Putney.
Services between London Waterloo and London Waterloo via Richmond and Kingston will run between Kingston and Barnes only.
No trains will run between London Waterloo and Hampton Court.
Passengers are strongly advised to plan ahead and check timetables before travelling.
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