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<p>Southern train passing over Havant level crossing.</p>

Rail upgrade work to replace trains with buses

<p>Greg Stafford Farnham and Bordon MP</p>

Greg Stafford MP: Getting home shouldn't be a daily gamble

<p>SWR's Railway 200 celebrations at Alton Station.</p>

Hampshire and Surrey stations mark 200 years of the railway

<p>South Western Railway mascots Wes and Sandy present a cheque for £4,000 to Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust chairman Stephen Evans, right, watched by Network Rail operations director Tom Desmond (Photo: Jeremy De Souza).</p>

South Western Railway donates £4,000 to the Watercress Line

<p>SWR apprentice Katie Pierce, who has secured a role as a guards manager in Farnham.</p>

SWR expands apprenticeship programme for young talent

<p>A suburban electric train at Woking station in 1960 (Photo: LGM Heritage Collection).</p>

Exhibition shows how railway transformed Woking

<p>South Western Railway security and safeguarding team members, from left, Phillip White, Noor Arzomand, Agnieszka Morille, Shane Knight and Jacqueline Turner.</p>

South Western Railway keeps perfect safeguarding score

<p>The 17.54 from Hampton Court to London Waterloo on January 29 was the old retired train brought back into service.</p>

‘Retired’ trains still used to cover SWR shortages

<p>Petersfield level crossing.</p>

Passengers warned of rail disruption during February half-term

<p>Work at Queenstown Road with a SWR train passing.</p>

Trains back to normal after major Christmas rail upgrades

<p>SWR colleagues by a train.</p>

SWR achieves double gold in management

<p>Engineers working a South Western Railway track.</p>

Surrey Christmas travel: Festive season schedule

<p>Engineers working a South Western Railway track.</p>

Major Christmas engineering work to affect rail services

<p>South Western Railway honours Aldershot Town's 2025 Isuzu FA Trophy victory by officially naming one of its new Arterio trains the Phoenix.</p>

Train named in honour of Aldershot Town’s Wembley triumph

<p>During White Ribbon Day, South Western Railway staff form a human chain to raise awareness of violence against women and girls.</p>

Unity to confront violence against women and girls

<p>Services to London Waterloo will be disrupted over the festive season.</p>

Rail upgrades to hit services over Christmas period

<p>New signalling station at the Basingstoke Rail Operating Centre.</p>

WATCH: Rail passengers benefit from £129m upgrade

<p>Petersfield level crossing.</p>

Rail passengers face disruption for signalling upgrades

<p>Haslemere station will be impacted by ongoing engineering works.</p>

Surrey and Hampshire commuters face weeks of rail and road disruption

<p>Some South Western Railway staff will now wear body cameras following an increase in assaults.</p>

SWR tackles railway assaults with body cams

<p>Podcaster Tom Holland with Saxons and the King Athelstan train.</p>

WATCH: Tom Holland unveils SWR train honouring King Athelstan

<p>Roger Dellar’s painting of the Clan Line steam engine marks the last steam train signalled at Haslemere. Now on display at the Haslemere Information Hub</p>

Full steam ahead for Haslemere’s Signal Box revival

<p>Rail routes around Alton and Guildford will be impacted by engineering works over the Bank Holiday.</p>

Bank Holiday rail disruptions: Alton and Bentley affected

<p>Members of the South Western Railway revenue protection team pictured at Woking station</p>

That's the ticket! SWR team ensures fare play

<p>A South Western Railway train </p>

Engineering to affect South Western Railway services in early February

<p>Services between London Waterloo, Alton and Woking will be revised and diverted for the last two weekends in January.</p>

SWR warns of weekend train service disruption due to engineering works