Woking - Basingstoke (near Hook) landslip (15/01/23)

[ABDeltic]

On the SWR Journey Check website it refers to landslip which will cause delays to services until end of service 16 January. As there is planned engineering today this seems to have slipped under the radar a bit. Does anyone know any details?

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Due to a landslip between Woking and Basingstoke all lines towards Basingstoke are blocked.
What's Going On:
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 22/01/23.
What We're Doing About It:
Due to a major landslip, South Western Railway (SWR) will not be able to serve Hook, Winchfield or Fleet stations until further notice. Please do not attempt to travel to or from these stations by train as you will not be able to do so.
Passengers are also advised against all but essential travel over the coming days on services which would usually pass through the area, on the South West Main Line. This includes services between London and Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Southampton, Weymouth, Salisbury, and Exeter.
The wider SWR network will be operating as usual (e.g. suburban London services and those between London and Portsmouth via Guildford, Reading or Windsor), however these services may be busier than usual as a result of this incident.
For the latest travel information, please visit https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey
We are very sorry for the disruption this will cause to peoples journeys.
Network Rail have provided more information about the landslip and the work it is doing to repair the affected area. More information can be found at https://www.networkrailmediacentre....erloo-to-basingstoke-southampton-and-the-west

 

[Bumblerail]

Down Slow between Winchfield and Hook. Down Fast also impacted.

 

[Timetraveller]

https://twitter.com/networkrailwssx/status/1614649111055040513?s=46&t=Kw1rKkypTcNzd8M7vzL9CA

VIDEO: A major landslip has damaged our main line, just outside of #Hook, in Hampshire.
@SW_Help customers are being advised not to travel tomorrow if their journey is to or from London to the south or west of Basingstoke.

A 44m section of 10m-high embankment, built largely of London Clay in the late 1830s, has slid out from underneath the railway, leaving one track in mid-air. It's also exposed the ends of the sleepers of the track next to it (sleepers are what rails are fixed to)...

Network rail have posted on twitter about the landslip in the Hook area

 

[Snow1964]

That section of line has had loads of land slips, there was a section that was stabilised when the M3 bridge was built 50 years ago, and every few years another section of cutting had piles driven in.

Of course what came out the cutting, was generally used to make nearby embankments, but it is not consistent since the quadrupuling

 

[swt_passenger]

I suspect this will take weeks to fix rather than days…

 

[WizCastro197]

I suspect this will take weeks to fix rather than days…

I can't quite recall, but did the one in summer 2020 take weeks to mend?

 

[74A]

Seems a bit optimistic only quoting delays until 16 Jan.

 

[Omnishambles]

Delays until end of tomorrow. As others have said above, not likely.
More likely closed all day Monday whilst remedial work carried out to make DFL safe for Tuesday if possible ?

 

[swt_passenger]

I can't quite recall, but did the one in summer 2020 take weeks to mend?

Difficult to keep track to be honest. But it’s just the sort of problem where once they start investigating in detail the damaged area suddenly starts getting more extensive...

 

[Bald Rick]

Difficult to keep track to be honest.

In every sense!

 

[dgl]

I hope something is running by Friday as we have a trip to London planned, had to happen when we need to go up but it is what it is. It certainly doesn't look like a quick job to fix, even temporarily. Given the rain we have had the odd problem here and there is to be expected.
Luckily if it came to it we could always see if SWR would give us permission to go via Castle Cary on our advance but we shall see what happens.

 

[Bread & cheese]

Network Rail are saying "at least a week".
A photo shows one of the tracks of the main line from London to Basingstoke hanging in mid-air, one other track damaged.

https://www.networkrailmediacentre....erloo-to-basingstoke-southampton-and-the-west

 

[ABDeltic]

Yes it's saying disruption until 22 January now. Thanks for the updates.

 

[Wychwood93]

From the SWR website just now:

What's going on

Due to a landslip between Woking and Basingstoke all lines towards Basingstoke are blocked. Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 22/01/23.

What we're doing about It
Due to a major landslip, South Western Railway (SWR) will not be able to serve Hook, Winchfield or Fleet stations until further notice. Please do not attempt to travel to or from these stations by train as you will not be able to do so.
Passengers are also advised against all but essential travel over the coming days on services which would usually pass through the area, on the South West Main Line. This includes services between London and Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Southampton, Weymouth, Salisbury, and Exeter.

The wider SWR network will be operating as usual (e.g. suburban London services and those between London and Portsmouth via Guildford, Reading or Windsor), however these services may be busier than usual as a result of this incident.

For the latest travel information, please visit https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey

We are very sorry for the disruption this will cause to people’s journeys.

Network Rail have provided more information about the landslip and the work it is doing to repair the affected area. More information can be found here.

Looks like fun! Mercifully my daily commute to Waterloo finished many years ago. A lot of work to sort temporary timetables in time for the morning.

 

[Omnishambles]

SLW Winchfield to Basingstoke anyone ?
2tph max

 

[swt_passenger]

SLW Winchfield to Basingstoke anyone ?
2tph max

West of Basingstoke use XC to Reading. Oh…

 

[fandroid]

West of Basingstoke use XC to Reading. Oh…

Indeed. XC have reduced that service by 66% since the pandemic, for no apparent reason other than it's an easier life when your income is guaranteed. I'm due to travel through the affected section on Wednesday. I'm hoping I don't have to do the via Reading route as it's very early and I don't like getting up even earlier on a frosty morning in mid-winter.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

A few questions -

Why can’t XC and GWR run as usual?
Why has Alton and Woking stopper been suspended?
Why can’t Portsmouth and Weymouth run via Weybridge as opposed to Cobham?
Why can’t London Woking fast shuttles run?
Why are Exeter/Poole stoppers starting at Andover/Winchester not Basingstoke?
Was there wider engineering work in the Weybridge/Micheldever area?

 

[WizCastro197]

Weymouth trains being routed via Guildford now, already planned due to engineering work, but will this continue into the week?

 

[Jammy Dodger]

Network Rail are saying "at least a week".
A photo shows one of the tracks of the main line from London to Basingstoke hanging in mid-air, one other track damaged.

https://www.networkrailmediacentre....erloo-to-basingstoke-southampton-and-the-west View attachment 127065

That looks like it might take more than a week to fix...

(Then again, I might be wrong)

 

[PG]

West of Basingstoke use XC to Reading. Oh…

In the (effective) absence of XC might have to route via Havant and Guildford.

 

[WizCastro197]

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Why can’t XC and GWR run as usual?

Was there wider engineering work in the Weybridge/Micheldever area?

From SWR. It appears there was already engineering in the Basingstoke area therefore XC and GWR couldn’t run as planned.

There was a long list but I only copied the parts about Weybridge as there is engineering work there too.

• London Waterloo to Guildford via Woking stopping services will terminate at Weybridge.
• London Waterloo to Woking via Staines services will be diverted after Addlestone and will terminate at Weybridge.
• Buses will run betweenWeybridge and Basingstoke via Woking.
• Buses will run between Weybridge and Guildford via Woking.
• Buses will run betweenWeybridge and Aldershot via Woking.

 

[444045]

A few questions -

Why can’t XC and GWR run as usual?
Why has Alton and Woking stopper been suspended?
Why can’t Portsmouth and Weymouth run via Weybridge as opposed to Cobham?
Why can’t London Woking fast shuttles run?
Why are Exeter/Poole stoppers starting at Andover/Winchester not Basingstoke?
Was there wider engineering work in the Weybridge/Micheldever area?

Engineering works today run from Winchester/Andover to Weybridge and Reading through Basingstoke hence the reason that both
XC services and Waterloo to Weymouth & vice versa are diverted via Havant & Guildford.
WOE services are terminating/starting from Andover.

Think that answers all your questions......

 

[Mainsideman]

A few questions -

Why can’t XC and GWR run as usual?
Why has Alton and Woking stopper been suspended?
Why can’t Portsmouth and Weymouth run via Weybridge as opposed to Cobham?
Why can’t London Woking fast shuttles run?
Why are Exeter/Poole stoppers starting at Andover/Winchester not Basingstoke?
Was there wider engineering work in the Weybridge/Micheldever area?

If you are referring to today there is engineering in the weybridge area

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Thanks all

 

[Flange Squeal]

Seems a bit optimistic only quoting delays until 16 Jan.

South Western Railway’s website has a slightly different estimate… end of the day next Sunday.

Landslip between Woking and Basingstoke

What's going on
Due to a landslip between Woking and Basingstoke all lines towards Basingstoke are blocked. Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 22/01/23.

What we're doing about It
Due to a major landslip, South Western Railway (SWR) will not be able to serve Hook, Winchfield or Fleet stations until further notice. Please do not attempt to travel to or from these stations by train as you will not be able to do so.
Passengers are also advised against all but essential travel over the coming days on services which would usually pass through the area, on the South West Main Line. This includes services between London and Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Southampton, Weymouth, Salisbury, and Exeter.
The wider SWR network will be operating as usual (e.g. suburban London services and those between London and Portsmouth via Guildford, Reading or Windsor), however these services may be busier than usual as a result of this incident.
For the latest travel information, please visit https://www.southwesternrailway.com/plan-my-journey
We are very sorry for the disruption this will cause to people’s journeys.
Network Rail have provided more information about the landslip and the work it is doing to repair the affected area. More information can be found here.
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[adc82140]

I guess Aldershot and Farnham stations will be busy over the coming days.

Is there the capacity to send the Salisbury stoppers up to Reading as per the weekends to connect in to GWR?

 

[philosopher]

I assume this landslip has been caused by the heavy rain of the past few weeks.

 

[Omnishambles]

A few questions -

Why can’t XC and GWR run as usual?
Why has Alton and Woking stopper been suspended?
Why can’t Portsmouth and Weymouth run via Weybridge as opposed to Cobham?
Why can’t London Woking fast shuttles run?
Why are Exeter/Poole stoppers starting at Andover/Winchester not Basingstoke?
Was there wider engineering work in the Weybridge/Micheldever area?

Feeling for the poor guys and gals in the SW Control who are spending today rewriting timetables for tomorrow and onward having been there in the past !
Expect the weekend engineering work to be handed back tomorrow, albeit with a shortened T3 around the affected area.
Some Up services may run tomorrow morning dependent on agreed timetable and damage extent, for now it looks like the DF won’t open either and forget the DS.
WoE services start/terminate Basingstoke maybe even some through to Reading as route knowledge and capacity permits
Portsmouth services divert via Guildford
Southampton services, etc mix of cancel, terminate/start Woking/Basingstoke possibly, divert via Guildford or (fanciful) SLW
Basingstoke terminators maybe to/from Farnborough
Subject to electrical section requirements and crew displacements obviously but won’t be a good week

 

[Taunton]

That section of line has had loads of land slips, there was a section that was stabilised when the M3 bridge was built 50 years ago, and every few years another section of cutting had piles driven in.

I can remember leaflets out at Taunton in the 1960s (!) about a "Hook Landslip", even more severe than today's and which I think went on for weeks. It had a grainy black & white photo of track suspended over the void which looked very like the current one, apart from having a Bulleid Pacific creeping past on the far side.