Planned Engineering Work and Disruption

Rail services expected to be disrupted on 21, 23 and 25 June with a reduced temporary timetable in place. Find out how this will affect your 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 25 June to Friday 1 July 2022 (PDF)
Saturday 2 to Friday 8 July 2022 (PDF)
Saturday 9 to Friday 15 July 2022 (PDF)
Saturday 16 to Friday 22 July 2022 (PDF)
Saturday 23 to Friday 29 July 2022 (PDF)
Saturday 30 July to Friday 5 August 2022 (PDF)
Saturday 6 to Friday 12 August 2022 (PDF)

2022

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.

August

Bristol to South Wales – Sunday 14 August

Trains between Swindon and Newport will use an alternative route via Gloucester until 12:00.

Buses replace trains between Bristol Parkway and Newport during this time.

For more information visit our Bristol webpage.
Swindon to Gloucester – Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 August

Buses replace trains between Swindon and Gloucester.

CrossCountry will accept tickets for travel on their train services between Bristol Parkway and Cheltenham Spa.
West Ealing to Greenford – Saturday 27 and Monday 29 August

No train services will run – rail tickets will be accepted on TfL buses instead.

September

West Ealing to Greenford – Saturday 3 and 10 September

No train services will run – rail tickets will be accepted on TfL buses instead.
Bristol to Taunton – Sunday 18 to Friday 23 September

Buses replace trains to stations between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare or Taunton.

Find out more about upgrades in the Bristol area.
Oxford area – weekends of 10/11, 17/18, 24/25 September and 1/2 October

No train services to/from Oxford.

Buses replace trains between Didcot Parkway, Oxford and Hanborough.

Buses also run between Banbury, Oxford and Didcot Parkway for CrossCountry customers, plus Oxford and Oxford Parkway for Chiltern Railways customers.

Download more information about rail improvement work Oxford area. (PDF)
Salisbury to Southampton – weekend of 17/18 September

Buses replace trains between Salisbury and Southampton Central.

Find out more about upgrades in the Wessex area.
Pinhoe to Axminster – Monday 19 to Friday 23 September

Trains will run between Barnstaple and Exeter Central.

Replacement bus services will run between Exeter St Davids and Axminster.
Yeovil to Weymouth – Saturday 24 to Friday 30 September

Buses replace trains between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth.

Find out more about upgrades in the Wessex area.

Looking ahead

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

Taunton to Castle Cary/Frome – Saturday 1 to Tuesday 11 October
Maidenhead to Marlow – Saturday 22 to Sunday 30 October
St Austell to Penzance (including Falmouth) – weekend of 5/6 and Sunday 13 November
Newton Abbot to Paignton – weekends of 5/6, 12/13 and 19/20 November
Lostwithiel to St Austell – weekend of 19/20 November
Truro to Penzance (including St Ives) – Monday 5 to Thursday 8 December
all trains via Bristol Parkway – Christmas Day to New Year’s Eve

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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