Reduced and amended service to / from London Paddington on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 January 

Route(s) affected

All services to / from London Paddington

Description

Engineering work is taking place between West Drayton and Slough, closing various lines until 21:00 on Sunday.

Most services to / from London Paddington will depart up to 5 minutes earlier OR later than usual.

Saturday:

• Trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads (and beyond) will run to an amended and reduced service of 2 trains per hour. Some of these trains will call additionally at Didcot Parkway

• Trains between London Paddington and Swindon (and beyond) will run to an amended timetable

• Trains between London Paddington and Cheltenham Spa will run between Swindon and Cheltenham Spa only

• Trains between London Paddington and Newbury will run between Reading and Newbury only

• Trains between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway will run a reduced service of 1 train per hour between London Paddington and Reading, and 2 trains per hour between Reading and Didcot Parkway

The following individual trains are amended further:

• The 06:38 Plymouth to London Paddington service will not call at Hungerford

• The 06:54 Swansea to London Paddington service will not call at Didcot Parkway

• The 08:27 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington service will not run

• The 09:15 London Paddington to Swindon service will not run

• The 09:18 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington service will not run

• The 10:31 Swindon to London Paddington service will not run

• The 10:34 London Paddington to Weston-super-Mare service will not run

• The 12:36 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids service (departing 12:33) will not call at Hungerford

• The 13:02 Weston-super-Mare to London Paddington service will start from Bristol Temple Meads

• The 13:30 London Paddington to Weston-super-Mare service (departing 13:33) will not call at Nailsea & Backwell / Yatton

• The 16:30 London Paddington to Taunton service (departing 16:33) will not call at Nailsea & Backwell / Yatton

• The 20:03 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington service will terminate at Reading

Sunday:

No trains will run between London Paddington and Reading until approximately 21:00 on Sunday.

Until 21:00, trains will run to a reduced and amended timetable. Most trains will start from / terminate at Reading.

The following services are amended further:

• The 06:19 and 07:42 Reading to London Paddington services will terminate at Maidenhead. Earlier rail replacement buses will run between Slough / Burnham and Maidenhead for connections

• The 06:38 and 07:38 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway services will start from Maidenhead. Earlier rail replacement buses will run between Slough / Burnham and Maidenhead for connections

• The 07:36 London Paddington to Great Malvern service will run from Oxford to Worcester Shrub Hill

• The 10:47 Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington service will terminate at Swindon

• The 17:35 London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa service will start from Swindon

Trains between Slough and Windsor & Eton Central, between Maidenhead and Marlow, and between Twyford and Henley-on-Thames are not affected by this work and will run normally.

You can use your tickets on Elizabeth Line buses between Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Langley and Slough, on South Western Railway trains between London Waterloo and Reading, and on Chiltern Railway trains between London Marylebone and Oxford to complete your journey on Sunday.

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail 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 drop-off 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.