Planned engineering

Track upgrades linked to train service improvements will affect trains for Newquay.

Replacement buses are planned between St Austell and Newquay.

Important to note

Most replacement buses do not stop at Par, change at St Austell instead.

Further work will affect trains for Newquay in February and March 2025.

Sunday 24 November

No direct train services to or from London Paddington until 11:15am.

Replacement buses are planned between Ealing Broadway and Slough.

After 11:15am, trains will run but services between London Paddington and Reading will be reduced as only two out of four tracks will be available.

Sunday 1 December

No direct train services to or from London Paddington until 10:30am.

Use London Underground services between Paddington and Ealing Broadway instead.

After 10:30am, trains will run but services between London Paddington and Reading will be reduced as only two out of four tracks will be available.

Trains run between Reading and Ash with replacement buses planned between North Camp and Redhill/Gatwick Airport.

Track renewal work will impact trains to/from Cornwall.

Train services will still run between Plymouth and London Paddington or Cardiff Central, plus CrossCountry services for Birmingham New Street or beyond.

Trains will also run between Liskeard and Penzance, plus on the Looe, Newquay, Falmouth Docks and St Ives branch lines in Cornwall.

Replacement buses are planned between:

• Plymouth and St Austell (non-stop)
• Plymouth and Liskeard (stopping at all stations except Menheniot)
• Liskeard and Menheniot
• Plymouth and Calstock (via Gunnislake)
• Plymouth and Bere Ferrers (via Bere Alston)

As an alternative, valid rail tickets can also be used to travel free of charge on the following Go Ahead buses in the area:

Important to note

Night Riviera sleeper services will only operate between London Paddington and Plymouth during this period.

Track renewal work will affect train services between Newbury and Westbury.

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Trains will run between London Paddington/Reading and Newbury.

Train services between London Paddington and Devon or Cornwall will use an alternative route between Reading and Taunton diverting via Swindon.

Some of these services will also be diverted via Bristol Temple Meads and some will divert via Westbury instead – further extending journey times.

There will be very limited train service between Swindon and Westbury as a result.

Replacement buses are planned between:

• Newbury and Bedwyn
• Newbury and Hungerford via Kintbury
• Pewsey and Swindon
• Westbury and Chippenham

For more information visit our Wessex webpage.

Replacement buses are planned between Westbury and Warminster.

For more visit our Wessex webpage.

Construction work for a new station will impact all mainline train services to/from London Paddington.

No direct trains between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway/Reading.

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

Elizabeth line services will also run between Ealing Broadway and Reading.

GWR trains will still run between Reading and:

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

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

In addition, some GWR trains will run between:

• London Euston and Swansea/Carmarthen
• London Euston and Plymouth/Penzance

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.

For more information about travelling with us over the Christmas and New Year period visit our Christmas webpage.

Rail improvement work will affect all train services via Westbury or Warminster.

Trains between Reading and the south west will stop at Frome instead of Westbury – trains cannot run to/from London Paddington Friday 27 to Sunday 29 December.

For more visit our Wessex webpage.