SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) has confirmed its new timetable, which will operate from Monday, 22 May 2023.
The new timetable matches capacity with demand, with customer numbers at 78% of their total before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peak time travel has recovered to 61% of pre-pandemic levels, meaning demand remains below the network’s available capacity.
Several important changes have been made to improve performance and improve onward travel connections.
To improve the spread of services between Westbury and Yeovil Pen Mill and to better integrate with Great Western Railway’s new timetable on its Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth route, two changes will be made:
1137 Basingstoke-Yeovil Junction via Westbury starts 1 minute later at 1138 and will terminate at Salisbury instead of Yeovil Junction A new service, 1251 Salisbury-Yeovil Junction via Westbury, will be introduced.Steve Tyler, Performance and Planning Director for South Western Railway said: “We are confident that our service levels match demand on the network, but have monitored changes in customer flows and made some minor changes to our timetable.
“While the majority of our timetable is the same as the one in place, we have made alterations to improve performance and provide better onward travel.
“Our advice to customers is to check before travelling as those changes mean a small number of services will depart slightly earlier, or later, than the December 2022 timetable.”
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