Network Rail has announced that engineering work between Swindon and Patchway will impact local railway routes between Christmas and New Year. The disruption will impact CrossCountry services via Bristol Parkway as well as GWR trains between Tuesday December 27 and Friday December 30.
For CrossCountry trains, the line closures mean that rail replacement buses will operate between Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway, Bristol Parkway and Gloucester. This will affect CrossCountry trains travelling between Penzance / Plymouth / Exeter St Davids / Bristol Temple Meads and Birmingham New Street / Manchester Piccadilly / Derby / Sheffield / Leeds / York / Newcastle / Edinburgh / Glasgow Central / Aberdeen.
GWR services between London Paddington and Cardiff Central / Swansea will operate hourly between London Paddington and Swansea. These will instead be diverted between Swindon and Newport via the Bath Spa.