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 11 September 2021 to Friday 17 September 2021 - PDF
Saturday 18 September 2021 to Friday 24 September 2021 - PDF
Saturday 25 September 2021 to Friday 01 October 2021 - PDF
Saturday 02 October 2021 to Friday 08 October 2021 - PDF
Saturday 09 October 2021 to Friday 15 October 2021 - PDF
Saturday 16 October 2021 to Friday 22 October 2021 - PDF

2021

September

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 Friday 1 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 Boston Manor for Piccadilly Line services or Ealing Broadway for District Line services.

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.

October

Castle Cary area - weekend of 2/3 October

Trains between London Paddington and Plymouth or Penzance will use an alternative route between Reading and Taunton – extending journey times by around 25 minutes.

Some trains will still run via Newbury between London Paddington and Castle Cary only – buses will replace trains between Castle Cary and Taunton every two hours.
Bristol Parkway – weekends of 9/10, 16/17, 23/24 October and Sunday 31 October

Trains between London Paddington and Swansea will use an alternative route between Swindon and Newport, not calling at Bristol Parkway – extending journey times by around 40 minutes.

Trains will still run between Taunton and Bristol Temple Meads as well as between Portsmouth Harbour and Bristol Parkway instead of Cardiff Central.

Buses will replace trains between Bristol Parkway and Newport – running non-stop every 30 minutes and stopping at all stations hourly.

For more information, download the customer leaflet.
Basingstoke area – Sunday 10, 24 and 31 October

Buses will replace trains between Reading and Basingstoke – stopping at all stations hourly.
North Downs Line – weekend of 16/17 October

Buses will replace trains between Reading and North Camp – running non-stop and stopping at all stations hourly on Saturday, or every two hours on Sunday.

Trains will still run between Blackwater and Gatwick Airport on Saturday, or between Blackwater and Redhill on Sunday.
Brighton area – Sunday 17 and 24 October

Trains will start or terminate at Portsmouth Harbour instead of Brighton.
Exeter area – weekend of 30/31 October

Buses will replace trains between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth – with limited stops every 30 minutes and stopping at all stations hourly.
North Downs Line – weekend of 30/31 October

Trains will run between Reading and Redhill – change at Redhill for trains to Gatwick Airport.

November

East Cornwall areas - weekends of 13/14 and 20/21 November
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 November:
- buses replace trains between Liskeard and Par calling at all stations
- buses also run between Plymouth and St Austell non-stop every two hours
- trains continue to run between Par and Penzance as well as from Liskeard towards Plymouth
Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 November:
- buses replace trains between Plymouth and Liskeard
- buses also replace trains on the Tamar Valley line between Plymouth and Gunnislake.
- trains continue to run between Liskeard and Penzance as well as from Plymouth towards London or Bristol
Kemble to Stonehouse - weekends of 13/14 and 20/21 November
- no trains will run via Kemble, Stroud or Stonehouse
- buses will replace trains between Swindon and Gloucester
- trains will continue to run between Bristol Parkway and Gloucester or Cheltenham Spa
Dorchester area - Thursday 18 November to Friday 3 December
Buses replace trains every two hours between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth:
- calling at Dorchester West only – taking around one hour
- calling at all stations – taking one hour and 45 minutes
For more information visit our Wessex page.
Buses also replace South Western Railway trains between:
- Dorchester South and Weymouth from Monday 22 to Thursday 25 November
- Wool and Weymouth on Friday 26 November
For more information, go to southwesternrailway.com

Looking ahead

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

Truro to Penzance – Monday 13 to Thursday 16 December
Trains via Bristol Parkway – Monday 27 to Thursday 30 December
Fareham/Fratton to Portsmouth Harbour - Saturday 15 to Sunday 23 January 2022
Par to Newquay - Sunday 23 to Sunday 30 January 2022

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

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