Amended service at Bristol Parkway from 20:05 on Saturday 2 and No Trains all day Sunday 3 November 

Route(s) affected

CrossCountry between Penzance and Leeds / Edinburgh, between Plymouth and Birmingham New Street / Manchester Piccadilly / Derby / Leeds / York / Newcastle / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Dundee / Aberdeen, between Paignton and Birmingham New Street / Manchester Piccadilly, between Bristol Temple Meads and Birmingham New Street / Manchester Piccadilly / Edinburgh

Great Western Railway between Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester / Cheltenham Spa / Worcester Shrub Hill / Worcester Foregate Street / Great Malvern, and between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads / Cardiff Central / Swansea / Carmarthen

Description

Engineering work is taking place between Bristol Parkway and Yate, closing all lines.

CrossCountry:

From 20:05 on Saturday until the end of Sunday:

Trains between Cheltenham Spa and Bristol Parkway will be diverted, extending journey times by up to 60 minutes.

Sunday:

Replacement buses will run between Bristol Parkway and Gloucester.

For travel between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads / south western England, you should use local bus services, at your own expense between Bristol Parkway and Patchway / Filton Abbey Wood.

Ticket acceptance:

You can use your tickets with Great Western Railway between Bristol Temple Meads and Patchway / Filton Abbey Wood.

If you have a CrossCountry Only Advance Ticket, you can travel on either Saturday 2 or Monday 4 November instead.

More information is available on the CrossCountry Disruption Page.

Great Western Railway:

You can find information below and also on Great Western Railway's website.

Services that do run are expected to be extremely busy. Customers are advised to only travel if absolutely necessary on these routes.

From 20:05 until the end of the day on Saturday:

Bristol - Gloucester:

Buses will replace trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester, calling at Filton Abbey Wood, Bristol Parkway, Yate and Cam & Dursley.

London - South Wales:

Some services will start / terminate at Bristol Parkway and run non-stop Bristol Parkway to Swindon, passing through Bath and Chppenham.

Sunday:

Buses will replace trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester, calling at Filton Abbey Wood, Yate and Cam & Dursley. These replacement buses will not call at Bristol Parkway.

Valid Great Western Railway tickets can be used on the following bus routes:

• Y1 – Bristol city centre – Yate

• Y2 – Bristol city centre – Yate

• Y6 – Bristol bus station – Yate

• 19 – Bristol Parkway – Little Stoke Lane (Patchway)

• 70 – Bristol Temple Meads – Filton Avenue (Filton Abbey Wood)

• 73 – Bristol Temple Meads – Filton Avenue (Filton Abbey Wood) – Bristol Parkway

• 74 – Bristol city centre – Station Road (Filton Abbey Wood)

• M4 – Bristol Parkway and Titan Rd Bus Stop (Patchway)

Customers with tickets for Sunday 3 November on the affected routes will be able to use them to travel on Saturday 2 or Monday 4 November.

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner.

Replacement Bus Travel Advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and set-down location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.