Planned engineering

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Reading and Guildford.

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Due to industrial action on these days, no trains will run between Guildford and Gatwick Airport.

Rail improvement work will affect train services via the Severn Tunnel until 12:00.

Replacement buses are planned to run between Bristol Parkway and Newport or Cardiff Central.

For the latest information visit our page about rail improvements in the Bristol area.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth.

For the latest information visit our page about rail improvements in the Wessex area.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Reading and Blackwater.

Replacement buses are planned to run between Reading and North Camp.

Trains will still be running between Blackwater and Redhill/Gatwick Airport.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour.

For the latest information visit our page about rail improvements in the Wessex area.

Station construction work will affect train services to and from London Paddington.

Please travel on different days if possible, otherwise alternative routes to and from London are available on the dates affected.

Long-distance services will start and terminate at Reading instead of London Paddington.

Other trains will be running between Reading and Ealing Broadway, where Transport for London train services will be operating:

• District/Central line services between Ealing Broadway and central London
• Elizabeth line services between Ealing Broadway and Heathrow Airport

Alternatively, South Western Railway trains will be running between Reading and London Waterloo, plus Chiltern Railways trains will be running between Oxford and London Marylebone.

No trains will be running on the network on either Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

For the latest information, visit our Christmas webpage.

Rail improvement work will affect train services via Southampton Central.

No trains will be running on the network on either Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

For the latest information visit our page about rail improvements in the Wessex area.

Rail improvement work will affect train services via the Severn Tunnel until 14:25.

Replacement buses are planned to run between Bristol Parkway and Newport.

For the latest information visit our page about rail improvements in the Bristol area.

Track renewal work will affect train services between Yeoford and Barnstaple.

Replacement buses are planned between Crediton and Barnstaple.

Trains will still run between Exeter and Yeoford/Okehampton.

Sundays 7 and 14 January

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Didcot Parkway and Chippenham or Bristol Parkway.

Trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will be diverted, not stopping at Didcot Parkway, Swindon or Chippenham.

Trains between London and South Wales will also be diverted, not stopping at Didcot Parkway or Swindon – stopping additionally at Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads.

Replacement buses are planned to run between Swindon and:

• Reading – every 30 minutes
• Didcot Parkway – hourly
• Bristol Parkway – hourly
• Chippenham – hourly

Trains will still run between Swindon and Cheltenham Spa.

Trains will also run between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads or Westbury.

Saturday 13 January

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Swindon and Chippenham.

Trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will be diverted, not stopping at Chippenham or Bath Spa.

Some trains will also run between London Paddington and Bath Spa – not stopping at Didcot Parkway, Swindon or Chippenham.

Replacement buses are planned between Swindon and Chippenham hourly.

Trains will run between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads or Westbury.

Track renewal work will affect train services between Reading and Basingstoke.

Replacement buses are planned between those stations.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare.

Replacement buses are planned between those stations, except at Bedminster and Parson Street (use local buses).

Trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton will use an alternative route.

For the latest information, visit our page about rail improvements in the Bristol area.

Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 January

Level crossing upgrades will affect train services between Guildford and Gatwick Airport.

Replacement buses are planned between those stations.

Trains will still run between Reading and Guildford.

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January

Track renewal work will affect train services between Reading and Blackwater.

Replacement buses are planned between Reading and North Camp.

Trains will still run between Blackwater and Gatwick Airport via North Camp.

Rail improvement work will affect train services via the Severn Tunnel until 14:25.

Replacement buses are planned between Bristol Parkway and Newport.

For the latest information, visit our page about rail improvements in the Bristol area.