NETWORK Rail and South West Trains are advising passengers to check sevices before they travel as major track upgrades at Waterloo, and improvement works elsewhere on the network, will significantly reduce the number of trains over two weekends in March.

Network Rail’s £600,000 investment to replace key sections of track at Waterloo takes place this weekends (March 4-5) and on March 18-19.

Part of the £800m Waterloo and South West upgrade, the work is designed to boost capacity by 30 per cent and improve reliability in and out of the central London terminus.

Becky Lumlock, route managing director at Network Rail, said: “The improvements we are making now will provide a better railway for the growing number of passengers that use the network.

“But there will be some significant changes to services over these weekends – so I’d like to ask all passengers to check their journeys in advance.”