PASSENGERS CAN EXPECT LONGER JOURNEYS, REDUCED SERVICES AND SOME BUS REPLACEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE WORKS 14:19, 03 Jun 2025 Rail works will cause weeks of disruption to services to and

from south Wales. Rail improvement works will affect trains via Bristol Parkway as well as train services between Bristol and south Wales will be impacted, operator Great Western Railway

said. GWR say the works in Bristol will eventually mean more rail services but that track improvements and changes to signalling are needed. Great Western services in June and July will be

impacted, as well as a week of services in October. _For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here_ BRISTOL TO SOUTH WALES

Article continues below MONDAY, JUNE 9 TO SATURDAY, JUNE 14 PLUS MONDAY, JUNE 16 TO FRIDAY, JUNE 20 Customers travelling between Bristol and south Wales should change at Gloucester or

Cheltenham Spa, where trains will still be running to and from South Wales. Trains between London and south Wales will use an alternative route between Swindon and Newport – stopping at

Gloucester instead of Bristol Parkway. A limited train service will still run between London Paddington and Bristol Parkway. Replacement buses are also planned between Bristol Parkway and

Severn Tunnel Junction/Newport, but these will be limited services only. SUNDAY, JUNE 15 Rail replacement services are planned to operate between Bristol Parkway and Newport or Cardiff

Central on this date. Trains will still run between London Paddington and Bristol Parkway, plus between Newport and Swansea or Carmarthen. Trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple

Meads will also be reduced to hourly services. SUNDAY, JUNE 29 Customers travelling between Bristol and south Wales can change at Gloucester or Cheltenham Spa, where trains will still be

running to/from south Wales. Trains between London and south Wales will be diverted via Gloucester, not stopping at Bristol Parkway, until around 4pm. There will be a limited train service

between London Paddington and Bristol Parkway. Replacement buses are also planned between Bristol Parkway and Newport until 3.30pm. BRISTOL PARKWAY TO SWINDON MONDAY, JULY 7 TO SUNDAY, JULY

13 Trains between south Wales and London will have to use an alternative route between Bristol Parkway and Swindon due to tunnel drainage work between Bristol Parkway and Swindon. It means

journey times will be around 30 minutes longer and most services for south Wales will be only run hourly rather than half-hourly. BRISTOL TO SOUTH WALES SUNDAY, JULY 20 Track renewal and

maintenance work will affect train services via the Severn Tunnel until midday, plus drainage work is also planned between Bristol Parkway and Swindon. It means trains between London and

south Wales will use an alternative route between Swindon and Newport – stopping at Gloucester instead of Bristol Parkway until around 4pm. Some trains between Bristol Parkway and London

Paddington will use an alternative route between Bristol Parkway and Swindon – meaning journeys will be 30 minutes longer. As an alternative, customers can still travel via Bristol Temple

Meads during this period. Trains between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour or Exeter St Davids will start/terminate at Bristol Parkway instead of Cardiff Central until around 11.30am.

Replacement buses are planned between Bristol Parkway and Newport. BRISTOL AND BATH SPA MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, TO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 Article continues below Rail improvement work will affect

services between Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa. This week is half term in Wales. Part of the works are because Bristol Temple Meads is having a major transformation.