Planned engineering

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

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

For the latest information visit our Bristol webpage.

No trains will be able to stop at Worcester Shrub Hill station due to rail improvement work.

Replacement buses are planned to run between:

• Worcestershire Parkway and Worcester Shrub Hill/Worcester Foregate Street* or Great Malvern
• Cheltenham Spa and Worcester Shrub Hill/Worcester Foregate Street*

Some train services will still be running between Worcester Foregate Street and Hereford.

*Replacement buses will not be able to stop at Worcester Foregate Street on Sunday 17 September until after 16:00.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Wanborough and Dorking West.

Replacement buses are planned to run between North Camp and Redhill or Gatwick Airport.

Trains will be running between Reading and Ash – customers should change at North Camp for replacement buses.

Rail improvement work will affect early morning and late evening train services between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth.

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

More information about Devon signal upgrades (PDF, 64 KB)

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

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Trains will still be running between Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Didcot Parkway and Swindon until around 12:25.

Trains between London Paddington and South Wales or Bristol Temple Meads will use a different route and as a result won’t stop at the following stations:

• Didcot Parkway
• Swindon
• Chippenham

Trains will still be running between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway or between Swindon and Bristol Temple Meads, Cheltenham Spa or Westbury.

Replacement buses are planned between Didcot Parkway and Swindon.

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

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Thameslink and Southern trains will still be running between Redhill and Gatwick Airport.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill.

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

West Midlands Railway trains will still be running between Worcester Shrub Hill and Hereford.

Rail improvement work will affect all train services between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads.

Trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will use a different route and as a result won’t stop at the following stations:

• Chippenham
• Bath Spa

Hourly trains will also run between London Paddington and Bath Spa until around 19:30 on Saturday 7 October.

Shuttle trains will then run between Swindon and Bath Spa after 19:30 on Saturdays and all day on Sundays.

Trains will still be running between Bath Spa and Westbury, Frome, Salisbury and the South Coast.

Replacement buses are planned to run between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads – non-stop and also stopping near Oldfield Park and Keynsham stations.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth.

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

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

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Trains will still be running between Guildford and Redhill or Gatwick Airport.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Llanelli and Carmarthen.

Trains between London Paddington and Carmarthen will terminate at Swansea.

Replacement buses are planned to run between Swansea and Carmarthen.

Rail improvement work will affect all train services in the Oxford area.

Buses are planned to replace trains between:

• Didcot Parkway, Oxford and Hanborough
• Didcot Parkway, Oxford and Banbury/Leamington Spa
• Oxford and Oxford Parkway

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

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

Replacement buses are planned to run 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 Charlbury and Moreton-in-Marsh.

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Trains will still be running between Oxford and Charlbury as well as between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester/Great Malvern/Hereford.

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Westbury and Salisbury.

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

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

Major signalling improvement work will affect train services across much of Cornwall.

No trains run between:

• St Austell and St Erth
• Truro and Falmouth Docks

Further engineering work is planned during November.

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

Rail improvement work will affect all train services between Gloucester and Kemble or Bristol Parkway, plus between Bristol Parkway and Swindon.

Trains between London Paddington and South Wales will use a different route between Swindon and Bristol Parkway – extending journey times.

Please note these services will stop at Patchway instead on Sunday, until 17:00, with connecting bus services running to/from Bristol Parkway.

Trains will run between London Paddington and Kemble on Saturday or between Swindon and Kemble only on Sunday.

CrossCountry trains will use a different route between Cheltenham Spa and Bristol Parkway/Bristol Temple Meads – stopping additionally at Gloucester.

Replacement buses are planned on both dates between:

• Gloucester, Stonehouse, Stroud and Kemble
• Gloucester, Cam & Dursley, Yate and Bristol Parkway
• Gloucester and Bristol Parkway (non-stop)

Replacement buses are also planned on Sunday between:

• Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Temple Meads
• Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads (non-stop)

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

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Trains will still be running between Reading and Guildford, plus between Redhill and Gatwick Airport.

Rail improvement work will affect train services via Southampton Central.

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

Major signalling improvement work will affect train services across much of Cornwall.

Monday 6 to Friday 10 November

No trains run between:

• Liskeard and St Erth
• Par and Newquay
• Truro and Falmouth Docks

Weekend of 11/12 November

No trains run between:

• Plymouth and St Erth
• Liskeard and Looe
• Par and Newquay
• Truro and Falmouth Docks

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

Rail improvement work will affect train services between Guildford and Redhill or Gatwick Airport.

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Trains will still be running between Reading and Guildford.

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

Trains between London and South Wales will use a different route between Swindon and Newport – not stopping at Bristol Parkway.

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

Please note, trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will use a different route on Sunday 12 November – stopping additionally at Bristol Parkway.

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

Rail improvement work will affect train services via Chippenham until around 13:00.

Trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will use a different route – not stopping at Chippenham or Bath Spa.

Replacement buses are planned to run between Chippenham and:

• Bath Spa
• Swindon
• Trowbridge

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

Replacement buses are planned to run between those stations.

Rail improvement work will affect train services to/from Looe.

Replacement buses are planned between:

• Liskeard
• St Keyne Wishing Well Halt
• Causeland
• Sandplace
• Looe

A taxi service will operate between Liskeard and Coombe Junction Halt.

Rail improvement work will affect all train services to/from London Paddington.

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

Other trains will run between Reading and Slough until around midday and then between Reading and Ealing Broadway.

Replacement buses are planned between Slough and Ealing Broadway until midday.

District and Central line services will be operating between Ealing Broadway and central London.

South Western Railway trains will also run between Reading and London Waterloo.

Please note there will be no Heathrow Express services operating to/from London Paddington all day – Piccadilly line services for Heathrow Airport are unaffected.