Planned engineering

Track maintenance will impact train services via Oxford.

Replacement road transport is planned between:

• Oxford and Hanborough
• Oxford and Banbury
• Oxford and Oxford Parkway

Trains will still run between London Paddington and Oxford, plus between Hanborough and Worcester Shrub Hill, Great Malvern or Hereford.

This rail improvement work also affects CrossCountry and Chiltern Railways train services.

Important to note

Replacement transport will pick-up and drop-off at the front of the station and not from the long-stay car park on Becket Street.

Signalling upgrade and track maintenance work will impact all train services for Portsmouth Harbour.

Replacement transport is planned between Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central.

GWR trains will still operate between Southampton Central and Cardiff Central.

This rail improvement work also affects SWR and Southern train services.

Track renewals, structural repairs and drainage work will impact train services between London and South Wales.

Trains still run between London Paddington and Swansea, Carmarthen or Pembroke Dock using an alternative route – extending journey times by around 25 minutes.

The frequency of services between London and South Wales will be reduced to hourly due to the longer journey times diverting trains via Chippenham instead.

Additional services will also be provided between London Paddington and Swindon by extending some trains between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway.

Replacement road transport is not planned as train services will still be operating between Swindon and Bristol Parkway.

Important to note

Follow-up work will also impact train services on the weekend of 8/9 August.

Track and structural renewals work will impact train services for Basingstoke.

Replacement road transport is planned between Reading and Basingstoke.

This rail improvement work also affects CrossCountry train services but not SWR trains.

Rail improvement work will impact train services between London and South Wales.

Trains will still operate between London Paddington and Swansea, Carmarthen or Pembroke Dock by using an alternative route – extending journey times by around 25 minutes.

However, the frequency of services between London and South Wales will be reduced to hourly due to the longer journey times involved.

Replacement road transport is not planned as train services will still be operating between Swindon and Bristol Parkway.

Track renewal work will impact all train services for Gloucester.

Replacement road transport is planned between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa or Lydney.

Trains will still run between Swindon and Cheltenham Spa as well as between Bristol Temple Meads and Worcester but these services will not be able to stop at Gloucester.

This rail improvement work will also impact both CrossCountry and Transport for Wales train services for Gloucester.

Track maintenance and structural work will impact train services for Severn Beach.

Track maintenance work will also impact train services for Ashley Down from Monday 17 to Friday 21 August.

Sunday 16 August

Replacement road transport is planned between Avonmouth and Severn Beach until 15:00.

Monday 17 to Friday 21 August

Replacement road transport is planned between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach.

Some services will run direct between Bristol Temple Meads and Clifton Down, others will stop at Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road, Montpelier and Redland.

All rail replacement services will stop at Clifton Down, Sea Mills, Shirehampton, Portway Park & Ride, Avonmouth, St Andrews Road and Severn Beach.

Valid rail tickets can also be used to travel on relevant First Bus services across Bristol to or from any station impacted.

Find out more about local bus services on the First Bus website.

 

Important to note

No rail replacement services are planned for Ashley Down station.

Instead, customers with a valid rail ticket can travel on the number 70 bus service from Ashley Down Road or on the number 74 bus from Gloucester Road between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood at no extra charge.

Train services will still be running between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood, but trains will not be able to stop at Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road or Ashley Down.

Saturday 22 to Thursday 27 August

Replacement road transport is planned between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach.

Trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood will stop at Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road or Ashley Down as normal, in addition to replacement buses between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach stopping at Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Road.

Track renewal work will impact train services via Slough.

Trains cannot operate between Slough and Windsor & Eton Central.

Replacement road transport is planned between Slough and Windsor & Eton Riverside station, instead of Windsor & Eton Central.

Alternatively, customers can use their tickets to travel between Reading and Windsor & Eton Riverside on South Western Railway trains instead by changing services at Staines on Saturday 5 or 12 September, plus Sunday 20 September.

In addition, trains between London Paddington and Reading will run to an amended timetable as only two out of four tracks will be available.

Important to note

Train services between London Paddington and Reading will also be amended on Sunday 27 September, but services for Windsor & Eton Central will not be impacted.

Track renewal work will impact all train services via Chippenham.

Replacement road transport is planned between:

• Chippenham and Bath Spa
• Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge and Westbury

Saturday 12 September

Some trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads, plus services between Oxford and Bristol Temple Meads, will use an alternative route.

These trains will not stop at either Chippenham or Bath Spa.

Other train services between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will also be diverted using another alternative route instead.

These trains will not stop at Didcot Parkway, Swindon or Chippenham, but these will stop at Bath Spa.

Sunday 13 September

All services between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will use an alternative route – not stopping at Chippenham with these services also extending to/from Bath Spa.

Signalling upgrade work will impact all train services for Portsmouth Harbour.

Replacement road transport is planned between Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central.

GWR trains will still operate between Southampton Central and Cardiff Central.

This rail improvement work also affects SWR and Southern train services.

Track renewal and maintenance work will impact train services between Redhill and Guildford.

Replacement road transport is planned between Gatwick Airport and Guildford.

GWR trains will still operate between Guildford and Reading.

This rail improvement work also affects Southern train services.

Track replacement work will impact train services between Cardiff Central and Bridgend.

GWR trains will continue to operate between London Paddington and Swansea or Carmarthen by using an alternative route – extending journey times by around 30 minutes.

This rail improvement work also affects Transport for Wales train services.

Essential track maintenance work will impact train services south of Bristol Temple Meads.

Replacement road transport is planned for most stations between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare.

Some rail replacement services will run non-stop, some will pick-up or drop-off at Nailsea & Backwell, Yatton, Worle and Weston Milton.

Please note these replacement services will not stop at Bedminster or Parson Street – customers should use local bus services instead for those stations.

As an alternative, valid rail tickets can also be used on the following bus services:

GWR trains will still run between Cardiff Central and Bristol Temple Meads, plus between Weston-super-Mare and Taunton or Exeter St Davids.

Some CrossCountry trains will continue to operate between Bristol Temple Meads and Taunton by using an alternative route – extending journey times by around 30 minutes.

Important to note

Further rail improvement work will impact trains south of Bristol Temple Meads in November.

Track and structure renewal work will impact trains between Reading and Basingstoke, plus train services via Newbury until 17:30.

Replacement road transport is planned between:

• Reading and Basingstoke (all day)
• Reading and Newbury (until 17:30)
• Swindon and Pewsey (until 17:30)

Trains between London Paddington and Plymouth/Penzance will use an alternative route via Swindon until around 17:30 – extending journey times by at least 15 minutes.

Some of these services will be rerouted via Westbury, but others will be further diverted via Bristol Temple Meads – extending journey times by an additional 30 minutes.

During this time, some train services will still be operating operate between Newbury and Bedwyn but not between Bedwyn, Pewsey and Westbury.

This rail improvement work also affects CrossCountry train services via Basingstoke.