Emergency repair work is to commence on a landslip in Farnborough.

Network Rail customers are being urged to check before they travel this Sunday, 24 March, as train services through the Farnborough area will be revised while engineers carry out repairs at a railway cutting, during which there will be a reduced train service in operation and some journey times may be extended.

The work is needed because of a landslip caused by recent heavy rainfall, and although two of the four tracks through the area affected will need to be closed for the day, two tracks will remain open meaning that some trains can still pass through.

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There will be some changes however, which is why Network Rail and South Western Railway are asking customers to plan ahead and allow extra time to complete their journeys. The work will be completed in time for the start of service on Monday 25 March.

Matt Pocock, Network Rail’s operations director for Wessex said: "We're sorry for the inconvenience to customers on Sunday, but we've had some very wet weather recently, and because of this we need to repair a small landslip on a railway cutting north of Farnborough, so that we can stabilise it and stop it from slipping further.

"We want to be able to lift the speed restriction currently on trains in this area, and so we’ll be undertaking the work from the early hours of Sunday until just before the first trains are due on Monday morning.

"Because it's a four-track railway we can keep the two slow lines open and still undertake the work safely, with trains still able to run on the fast line. This will still mean some changes to train services."