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
Saturday 7 to Friday 13 May 2022 timetable changes (PDF)
Saturday 14 to Friday 20 May 2022 timetable changes (PDF)
Saturday 21 to Friday 27 May 2022 timetable changes (PDF)
Saturday 28 May to Friday 3 June 2022 timetable changes (PDF)
Saturday 4 to Friday 10 June 2022 timetable changes (PDF)

2022

May

Portsmouth area – weekend of 21 and 22 May

Buses replace trains between Portsmouth & Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour on Saturday 21 May.

Buses replace trains between Fareham and Portsmouth Harbour on Sunday 22 May.
Worcester to Hereford – weekends of 21/22 and 28/29 May

Trains from London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will terminate at Worcester Foregate Street.

Replacement buses will run between Worcester Shrub Hill and Great Malvern or Hereford.

June

Swindon to Gloucester – Sunday 12 June

Buses replace trains between Swindon and Gloucester until 16:00.
Bristol Parkway – Sundays 12, 19 and 26 June

No train services via Bristol Parkway.

Some trains will use alternative routes instead and buses will replace trains.

Find out more about service changes through Bristol.
North Downs Line – weekend of 25 and 26 June

Buses replace trains between Guildford and Redhill.

Buses also run non-stop between Guildford and Gatwick Airport.

July

Bristol to South Wales – Friday 1 to Sunday 10 July, plus Sunday 17 July

Trains between Swindon and Newport will use an alternative route via Gloucester.

Buses replace trains between Bristol Parkway and Newport.

Buses also replace trains between Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood, Stapleton Road, Lawrence Hill and Bristol Temple Meads on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 July.

For more information visit our Bristol webpage.
North Downs line – Sunday 3 July

Buses replace trains between Reading and Guildford.
Worcester area – Sundays 3 and 10 July

Buses replace trains between Cheltenham Spa/Worcestershire Parkway and Worcester Foregate Street.
North Cotswolds area – weekends of 16/17 and 23/24 July

Buses replace trains between Charlbury and Moreton-in-Marsh.

Looking ahead

Further rail improvement work is planned in 2022 affecting the following routes:

Swindon to Gloucester – Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 August
Didcot Parkway to Oxford – weekends of 10/11, 17/18, 24/25 September and 1/2 October
Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare/Taunton – Sunday 18 to Friday 23 September
Yeovil Pen Mill to Weymouth – Saturday 24 to Friday 30 September
Taunton to Castle Cary/Frome – Saturday 1 to Tuesday 11 October

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Refunds and compensation

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.

Find out more