MORE Winchester rail commuters will be able to sit down on the daily trip to work in London.
The Government has announced 48 extra carriages and 2,400 extra seats on trains across the South West Trains region during the morning and evening peaks starting from March 2014.
There will be six lengthened main line morning peak services from Winchester to Waterloo.
Justine Greening, secretary of state for transport, said: “I’m determined to do what I can to improve the service and this is great news for passengers.
“Adding extra carriages to these vital routes will mean more seats for passengers, easing congestion but also helping to boost London’s economy.”
Winchester and Chandler’s Ford MP Steve Brine said: “This is extremely welcome news which will be well received by hundreds of my constituents who have put up with unacceptable levels of over-crowding on certain peak time services for years.
“I am pleased the Government have acted but will now be following this up robustly to ascertain which services exactly will be improved and to try and speed things along as 2014 is simply not fast enough."
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