Operator: CrossCountry
Routes affected:CrossCountry between Aberdeen / Edinburgh / Newcastle / York / Leeds / Manchester Piccadilly / Birmingham New Street and Bristol Temple Meads / Exeter St Davids / Paignton / Plymouth / Penzance
Great Western Railway between Hereford / Worcester Foregate Street / Worcester Shrub Hill / Great Malvern / Cheltenham Spa and Bristol Temple Meads / Swindon / London Paddington
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Engineering work is taking place between Cheltenham Spa and Bristol Parkway, closing some lines.
CrossCountry:
Trains will be diverted, extending journey times by 60 minutes.
Great Western Railway:
Saturday:
Trains between Cheltenham Spa and London Paddington will run between Stroud and London Paddington only. An hourly bus service will operate between Gloucester and Stroud calling at Stonehouse. Rail connections are available between Cheltenham Spa and Gloucester.
Trains between Cheltenham Spa / Gloucester and Bristol Temple Meads / Westbury / Weymouth will not operate between Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester.
Trains between Worcester Foregate Street / Worcester Shrub Hill and Bristol Temple Meads / Salisbury and will operate between Worcester Foregate Street / Worcester Shrub Hill and Gloucester.
Trains between Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Temple Meads will extend to run between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads to provide connections with replacement buses between Gloucester / Cam & Dursley / Yate and Bristol Parkway.
Bus journey time between Gloucester and Bristol Parkway is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Sunday:
No trains will run between Cheltenham Spa and Swindon. A replacement bus service will operate between Gloucester and Swindon.
Trains between Cheltenham Spa / Gloucester and Bristol Temple Meads will not run.
Trains between Worcester Foregate Street / Worcester Shrub Hill and Bristol Temple Meads will operate between Worcester Foregate Street / Worcester Shrub Hill and Gloucester.
Additional trains will operate (hourly) between Bristol Parkway and Filton Abbey Wood / Bristol Temple Meads for onward replacement bus service between Gloucester and Bristol Parkway
Check before you travel:
You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries 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 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.
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