Planned Engineering Work and Disruption

We are currently running amended train services across the network.

We may sometimes have to change our timetables so please check your journey details as close as possible to your date of travel.

If we do change things after you have bought a ticket, you can either use any reasonable alternative service, or claim a full refund.

The following planned engineering work may affect your journey:

Timetable changes

Summary of upcoming changes to train times:

List of time table PDFs to download
Saturday 24 July 2021 to Friday 30 July 2021 - PDF
Saturday 31 July 2021 to Friday 6 August 2021 - PDF
Saturday 7 August 2021 to Friday 13 August 2021 - PDF
Saturday 14 August 2021 to Friday 20 August 2021 - PDF
Saturday 21 August 2021 to Friday 27 August 2021 - PDF

2021

July

Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood – Saturday 10 July to Friday 6 August

Reduced train services via Bristol Temple Meads with buses replacing trains between Bristol Temple Meads, Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road, Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Parkway.

Buses also replace trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach on Sundays.

For more information visit our Bristol page.

August

Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood/Keynsham – Saturday 7 August
Significantly reduced train services via Bristol Temple Meads with buses replacing trains between Bristol Temple Meads and the following stations:
- Bath Spa
- Bristol Parkway
- Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road and Filton Abbey Wood
Buses also replace CrossCountry trains between Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton.

For more information visit our Bristol page.
Bristol Temple Meads – Sunday 8 August
Trains will be unable to call at Bristol Temple Meads with buses replacing trains between:
- Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa
- Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway
- Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach
- Bristol Parkway and Bath Spa
- Bristol Parkway and Weston-Super-Mare
Buses also replace CrossCountry trains between Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton.

For more information visit our Bristol page.
Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood/Keynsham – Monday 9 to Friday 13 August
Significantly reduced train services via Bristol Temple Meads with buses replacing trains between Bristol Temple Meads and the following stations:
- Bath Spa
- Bristol Parkway
- Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road and Filton Abbey Wood
Buses also replace CrossCountry trains between Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton.

For more information visit our Bristol page.
Bristol Temple Meads to Keynsham – Saturday 14 to Monday 30 August

Reduced train services via Bristol Temple Meads with buses replacing trains between Bristol Temple Meads, Keynsham, Oldfield Park and Bath Spa.

For more information visit our Bristol page.
Bristol Temple Meads – Tuesday 31 August to Friday 3 September
Trains will be unable to call at Bristol Temple Meads with buses replacing trains between:
- Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa
- Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway
- Bedminster, Bristol Temple Meads, Keynsham, Oldfield Park and Bath Spa
- Bedminster, Bristol Temple Meads, Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road and Filton Abbey Wood
Buses also replace CrossCountry trains between Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton.

For more information visit our Bristol page.

September

Salisbury area - weekend of 11/12 September

Buses will replace trains between Salisbury and Southampton Central on Saturday 11 September.

Buses then replace trains between Warminster and Southampton Central on Sunday 12 September.
Reigate area - Sunday 12 September

Buses will replace trains between Reigate and Redhill or Gatwick Airport.
Oxford area - Sunday 12 September and weekend of 18/19 September

Buses will replace trains between Oxford and Banbury on these days.
Reading to Guildford - weekend of 18/19 September

Buses will replace trains between Reading and Guildford this weekend.
Brighton area - Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October

Great Western Railway services will terminate at Worthing on weekdays and at Portsmouth Harbour on weekends.

Southern Railway services will run to Hove for replacement buses to Brighton or Preston Park for trains to Brighton.
Bristol area - weekend of 25/26 September

Buses will replace train services between Bristol Temple Meads and Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road, Filton Abbey Wood or Bristol Parkway on Saturday 25 September.

Buses then replace train services between Bristol Temple Meads and Keynsham, Oldfield Park or Bath Spa on Sunday 26 September.

For more information visit our Bristol page.
London Paddington - Sunday 26 September

No trains to/from London Paddington until 12:00.

Long distance services will start/terminate at Reading – change here for South Western Railway services to London Waterloo.

Local services from Didcot Parkway will start/terminate at Slough – change here for replacement buses to Ealing Broadway for connections into Central London.

Customers travelling from Oxford should be aware there will be no Chiltern Railways services running to/from London Marylebone on this date.
Reading to Basingstoke - Sunday 26 September

Buses will replace trains between Reading and Basingstoke.

Looking ahead

Further rail improvement work is planned in the year affecting the following routes:

Yeovil Pen Mill to Weymouth – Thursday 18 November to Friday 3 December
Truro to Penzance – Monday 13 to Thursday 16 December
Gloucester to Filton Abbey Wood/Swindon – Friday 24 to Friday 31 December

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, Network Rail is reviewing all its maintenance and upgrade schemes.

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You may be able to get your money back if you bought a ticket but did not travel, or were delayed by 15 minutes or more.

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