South Western Railway has published its strike day service levels for Saturday, October 8, which will provide a severely reduced service.

Significant parts of the network will be closed entirely, including through Axminster, and those trains that are running will be far less frequent and much busier compared to normal. 

Due to the impact of the strike day, customers are also urged only to travel if absolutely necessary on Sunday, October 9, when first trains will start much later than usual across the network and are likely to be very busy.  

Long-planned engineering work will also reduce the network available to South Western Railway (SWR), meaning fewer services will run compared to previous strike days.

SWR's reduced timetable will run from 07.15am to 6.30pm on Saturday, October 8, and will consist of:  

• Four trains per hour in each way between London Waterloo and Woking 
• Two semi-fast trains per hour each way between London Waterloo and Basingstoke  
• Two trains per hour each way between London Waterloo and Hounslow  

South Western Railway's Performance and Planning Director, Steve Tyler, said: "I'm sorry that due to strike action we must urge our customers to only travel if absolutely necessary on Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9. Those needing to travel should seek to do so by other means.  

"Large parts of our network will be closed on the strike day and there will be a late start up on the morning after. Those who must travel are urged to carefully check the times of first and last trains and avoid them if possible as they are likely to be very busy. 

"We are grateful to our customers for their continued cooperation, patience, and understanding as the rail industry works to bring this damaging nationwide strike action to an end." 

Customers are urged to check the SWR website for latest information here.