Amended late evening services to / from London Paddington from Monday 29 May to Thursday 1 June 

Route(s) affected

Great Western Railway services to / from London Paddington

Description

Engineering work is taking place between Cardiff Central and Bridgend, and also between Didcot Parkway and Reading, closing some lines.

As a result:

High Speed services:

• 19:18 Carmarthen to London Paddington will call at Reading and London Paddington a few minutes later than usual.

• 19:35 Exeter St Davids to London Paddington will call at Reading and London Paddington a few minutes later than usual.

• 19:59 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington will call at Reading and London Paddington a few minutes later than usual.

• 20:48 London Paddington to Swansea will depart Bridgend later than normal and incur a few additional minutes to your journey.

• 21:02 Oxford to London Paddington will call at Reading and London Paddington a few minutes later than usual.

• After 21:10, some trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads / Swansea / Cheltenham Spa / Oxford / Worcester Shrub Hill/Great Malvern will incur a few minutes additional journey time between Reading and Didcot Parkway.

• 22:49 London Paddington to Swansea will incur a few additional minutes to your journey between Cardiff Central and Bridgend. 

• 23:14 London Paddington to Oxford will call additionally at Didcot Parkway.

• 23:32 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads will divert between Reading and Bath Spa. It will not call at Didcot Parkway, Swindon and Chippenham. A replacement bus will operate from Reading to Swindon and Chippenham, also from Didcot Parkway to Swindon to connect into this bus. There will also be road transport at normal train time from Swindon to Chippenham, setting down only at Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads.

Local services:

• 20:38, 21:08 and 21:36 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway will depart Reading and beyond a few minutes later than normal.

• 21:04 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington will operate a few minutes later than normal between Reading and Maidenhead.

• 21:38 and 22:53 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington will depart 21:44 and 23:02, respectively.

• 22:36 Didcot Parkway to Reading will depart 22:39.

Check before you travel:

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