Elizabeth line Status | Major HS2 work at Old Oak Common: No trains to / from London Paddington from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 December





Updated at: 09-Dec-2024 17:05:06: PM

Operator:  Elizabeth line

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Routes affected:

All Elizabeth line routes to / from London Paddington

All Great Western Railway routes to / from London Paddington

All Heathrow Express routes to / from London Paddington

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Description of Incident

Network Rail is carrying out the latest round of enabling works for HS2 including the construction of the planned Old Oak Common station just outside London Paddington.

At the same time, Network Rail will also be carrying out track maintenance designed to improve punctuality and reliability of services in the Thames Valley area.

No trains will run between London Paddington and Ealing Broadway thoughout.

Elizabeth line

If you’re travelling on Elizabeth line services between Shenfield and Heathrow Airport or between Abbey Wood and Reading, your train will instead run to London Paddington and terminate there

If you need to travel to Heathrow Airport or Reading, you will need to instead travel to Ealing Broadway, to pick up a service from this station. You can get to Ealing Broadway, from central London using London Underground or London buses.

Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway will not be able to run services into or out of London Paddington

If you are travelling between London and Bristol Parkway, South Wales, Devon or Cornwall, these trains will instead divert to start and terminate at London Euston

If you are travelling between [London] and Oxford, North Cotswolds or Worcestershire, you can instead use Chiltern Railway services from London Marylebone to Oxford, where you can then change to complete your journey

If you are travelling between London and Reading, you will instead need to travel to Ealing Broadway, to pick up a service from this station. You can get to Ealing Broadway, from central London using London Underground or London buses.

Heathrow Express

No trains will run to / from London Paddington all weekend. If you are travelling between London and Heathrow Airport, you can instead travel to Ealing Broadway, to pick up a service from this station. You can get to Ealing Broadway, from central London using London Underground or London buses.

An inter-terminal shuttle service only will run between Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 and Heathrow Terminal 4 / Heathrow Terminal 5 every 30 minutes from approximately 05:10 until 23:20.

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