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During the south Western train strikes has their been any service from Waterloo to Portsmouth and if so how irregular are we looking? I am due to make this trip.i the next round of strikes.

Take a look here:

https://www.southwesternrailway.com/pla ... ial-action

On strike days they provide a severely restricted service and publish details on their website very close to the day.

I have given up travelling by train to matches. Once I sorted out where to park and when to arrive to avoid congestion I have found it more convenient to drive.

Thanks - I'd found that. It's the close to the dates that poses the problem. Being a former Northern Rail commuter I know the hassle this causes.

My military like plan for getting down has been thrown into chaos. Reckon my best approach is turn up at Waterloo as planned check the times before piling into the Hole in the wall. Or not.

Agreed. I had to check the day before. It was a skeleton service that would have got me home after 8pm compared with 6pm travelling by car. Good luck.

or go to Victoria, add 30 mins to your journey but still gets to Portsmouth

Advanced tickets... So will have to see what restrictions are in place.

Pompey1985 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:57 pm Advanced tickets... So will have to see what restrictions are in place.

Generally, on a strike day, tickets are acceptable on any reasonable alternative service. They might not be keen on you going from Paddington to Bristol, to get the GWR from Bristol to Pompey, but VIC-FRA instead of WAT-FRA should be fine.

Just been announced: the three train strikes starting next Friday have been cancelled.

Thanks - I'd just seen this myself.

Back to the original plan of an hour in the hole in the wall and a chip butty.