Buses replace late night trains from 22:10 on Saturday 11 until 16:00 on Sunday 12 April 

Route(s) affected

Great Western Railway between London Paddington and Paignton / Plymouth / Penzance, and between Gloucester / Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth

South Western Railway between Salisbury and yevil Junction

Description

Engineering work is taking place from 22:10 on Saturday until 15:10 on Sunday between Westbury and Castle Cary, closing all lines.

Great Western Railway:

Saturday:

The 22:15 and 23:06 Bristol Temple Meads to Frome will terminate Westbury. A replacement bus service will operate at 23:12 and 00:03 (Sunday) from Westbury to Frome taking 20 minutes.

The 23:16 Frome to Westbury will not run and will be replaced by a bus at 23:37 from Frome to Westbury taking 20 minutes.

Sunday:

Until 10:00:

The 09:00 Westbury to Weymouth will start from Castle Cary. An earlier replacement bus will depart from Westbury, Frome and Bruton to connect into the train.

The 08:01 Weymouth to Cardiff Central will terminate Castle Cary (and restart Westbury). A replacement bus will depart from Castle Cary, Bruton and Frome to Westbury for later rail connection to Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central.

From 10:00 until approximately 15:00:

Trains between Bristol Temple Meads / Swindon and Frome / Weymouth will terminate / start at Westbury.

Trains between Westbury and Frome will not run.

A replacement bus service will operate between Westbury and Frome taking 25 minutes.

Trains will then operate between Frome and stations to / from Weymouth.

After 15:00:

Some minor amendments, trains will then operate to a normal timetable.

South western Railway:

Buses will replace trains between:

• Westbury and Castle Cary

Check before you travel:

If you are travelling with Great Western Railway, you can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner

If you are travelling with South Western Railway, these changes are not currently shown in the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner, please check back nearer to the time of travel.

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.