Lines
closed



The
lines
between
Southampton
Central
and
Havant,
Eastleigh
and
Portsmouth
Harbour
and
also
between
Southampton
Central
and
Portsmouth
Harbour
will
be
closed
from
today
until
Friday,
while
Network
Rail
engineers
upgrade
the
railway
in
the
Portsmouth
and
Fareham
areas.
At
Portsmouth
Harbour
engineers
will
renew
1094m
of
track.
They
will
also
refurbish
592m
of
rails
at
Vernon
Bridge
and
replace
sleepers
and
ballast
in
the
Fareham
area,
while
signals
will
be
upgraded
between
St
Denys
and
Swanwick.
Buses
are
replacing
trains
operated
by
South
Western
Railway,
Great
Western
Railway
and
Southern.

Service
returns
Hourly
Transport
for
Wales
services
are
returning
between
Chester,
Runcorn,
Helsby,
Frodsham
and
Liverpool
this
morning.
The
number
of
daily
trains
on
the
route
is
increasing
from
15
to
30,
and
they
will
be
formed
of
new
Class
197
CAF
units
built
at
Newport
in
south
Wales.
Services
on
the
route
were
launched
in
2019
and
call
at
Liverpool
South
Parkway,
for
John
Lennon
Airport.

Higher
penalty
Transport
for
London
is
increasing
the
penalty
fare
for
travelling
without
paying
from
£80
to
£100,
following
a
similar
move
by
the
Department
for
Transport
on
National
Rail
in
England.
TfL
said
it
prosecuted
19,614
people
for
fare
evasion
in
2023,
an
increase
of
56
per
cent
on
the
previous
year.
It
estimates
that
fraudulent
travel
costs
around
£150
million
a
year.
Revenue
disputes
can
also
be
a
cause
of
aggression
by
passengers,
and
all
frontline
staff
have
been
equipped
with
body
worn
video.