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No Island Line Service For Two February Days Due To Strike Action

South Western Railway (SWR) has confirmed there will be no Isle of Wight train services running on two February dates.

Island Line will be part of national RMT and ASLEF strike action on Wednesday 1 and Friday 3 February.

On both days there will be no train services on the Island Line, however SWR intends to run a normal service across the rest of the network as its mainline drivers are not part of the current dispute. 

Due to the impact of the major landslip at Hook however, there will continue to be a reduced service through this area as two of the four lines through this area remain out of use. 

Strike action by the RMT union will affect some train drivers, whilst strike action by the ASLEF union will affect depot drivers who bring trains in and take trains out of service.

However, SWR’s contingency measures enable it to plan a full service on the strike days. 

Claire Mann, SWR Managing Director, said:

“We’re very sorry that national strike action by the RMT and ASLEF unions means that we cannot operate any train services on the Island Line on those two dates. 

“It has been a challenging start to the year for our mainland customers, so we’re pleased we are able to plan to run a full service on both strike days.

"We have worked hard to ensure we can bring enough trains into service, but we must still advise our customers to check their entire journeys before travelling.”

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