Train operator Great Western Railway are reminding passengers about work which is taking place at Bristol Temple Meads this weekend and later in August.

New signalling and tracks are being installed around the Bristol Area which will increase the capacity allowing more trains to run.

On Sunday 8th August, Buses will replace all trains to/from Bristol Temple Meads.

On Saturday 7th August and between Monday 9th and Friday 13th August the following changes will take place:-

• No direct trains between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington, Cardiff Central, Gloucester or the South Coast – change at Bristol Parkway or Bath Spa instead
• In addition, Cross Country trains won’t call at Bristol Temple Meads
• Trains between Bath Spa and Filton Abbey Wood won’t call at Bristol Temple Meads
• No trains between Lawrence Hill and Bristol Temple Meads
• Buses replace trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa/Bristol Parkway
• Buses also replace trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach on Saturday 7 August

From Saturday 14th to Monday 30th August

• Trains between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington will run via Bristol Parkway and won’t call at Bath Spa or Chippenham
• Trains between Bath Spa and Filton Abbey Wood won’t call at Bristol Temple Meads
• Buses replace trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa

Train services between London Paddington and South Wales or to the North via Bristol Parkway, or to the South West via Taunton, will continue to operate as normal through the period of work.

Passengers should check online for more details of how their journey may be affected by visiting the National Rail Enquiries website.

GWR Regional Development Manager Matt Barnes said: “Regular travellers who have become used to the amended timetable should take note. As work progresses there are some further changes to train times which may alter your usual journey. This work will in time help us to deliver 4,000 more train seats a day into the city, on more services through Bristol and help to reduce the conflict between long-distance and local stopping services, helping to maintain the reliability of our trains. We will continue to operate trains through Bristol for the vast majority of the period, but there will be some alterations to timetables and journey frequency, so please do check what is best for you if you’re travelling.”

Mike Gallop, Network Rail’s Western route director, said: “Our work to upgrade the track at Bristol East Junction is progressing well. This is a highly complex engineering project which, once finished, will bring numerous benefits to our passengers. We would like to apologise for the disruption while we undertake this vital work and thank passengers and local residents for their patience during this time. We are continuing to work closely with the train operating companies to ensure passengers can still get to where they need to go and we urge passengers to keep planning ahead and checking before they travel, particularly during this period.”

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