Old Oak Common station construction

Fewer train services will run between London Paddington and Reading on the following dates:

• Sundays 8, 15, 22 and 29 September
• Sundays 6, 13, 20 and 27 October
• Sunday 24 November
• Sundays 1, 8, 15 and 22 December

Further impact is expected on Sundays from January to May 2025.

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Saturday 16 November

Fewer train services will run between London Paddington and Reading.

No main line train services serve Heathrow Airport – only Piccadilly line services.

Elizabeth line services will run between Reading and London Paddington, plus between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield.

Sunday 17 November

No train services between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway.

GWR trains will run between London Euston and Swansea/Carmarthen, plus London Euston and Plymouth/Penzance with a reduced service operating until midday.

Please note these diverted trains will not stop at Reading to pick-up or drop-off.

All other long-distance train services will run between:

• Reading and Bristol Temple Meads (via Bath Spa)
• Reading and Exeter St Davids/Paignton/Plymouth (via Taunton)
• Reading and Worcester/Great Malvern/Hereford (via Oxford)
• Reading and Swindon – some services extending to Cardiff Central
• Reading and Didcot Parkway

Change at Reading for trains to/from Newbury/Bedwyn.

Change at Swindon or Bristol Parkway for trains to/from Cheltenham Spa.

Train services between Slough and Windsor & Eton Central, Maidenhead and Marlow or Twyford and Henley-on-Thames will run as normal.

The Night Riviera sleeper service will operate to/from London Euston instead with the arrival from Penzance terminating at London Euston on Monday 18 November.

No main line train services serve Heathrow Airport – only Piccadilly line services.

Elizabeth line services will still run between Reading and Ealing Broadway, plus between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield.

Important to note

Further impact is expected at London Paddington from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 December – more details will be published in the autumn.

No train services between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway.

GWR trains will operate limited services between London Euston and:

• Swansea/Carmarthen via Bristol Parkway
• Plymouth/Penzance via Taunton

Please note these services will not stop at Reading to pick-up or drop-off and you will also require a seat reservation for these trains.

GWR services will also run between Ealing Broadway and Didcot Parkway – with some extending to Swindon, Bristol Parkway or Cardiff Central.

GWR will operate trains between Reading and:

• Bristol Temple Meads
• Exeter St Davids, Paignton or Plymouth
• Oxford, Worcester, Great Malvern or Hereford
• Newbury or Bedwyn

Customers will need to change trains at Swindon or Bristol Parkway for connections to/from Cheltenham Spa.

Services will also be unaffected between:

• West Ealing and Greenford
• Slough and Windsor & Eton Central
• Maidenhead and Marlow
• Twyford and Henley-on-Thames

During these dates, alternative train services are also expected to busy between:

• London Waterloo and Reading, Basingstoke or Exeter St Davids
• London Marylebone and Oxford or Banbury

Elizabeth line services will run between Paddington low level station and Abbey Wood/Shenfield, plus between Ealing Broadway and Reading/Heathrow Airport.

In addition, Bakerloo, Hammersmith & City, Circle or District line services for Paddington will still be running.

Heathrow Express will only operate inter-terminal services at the airport, but Piccadilly line services between central London and the airport will be unaffected.

Important to note

No trains via Westbury or Warminster during this period.

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