Network Rail to carry out track maintenance this weekend between Bristol and Bath

Friday 6 Oct 2023

Network Rail to carry out track maintenance this weekend between Bristol and Bath

Region & Route:: Wales & Western: Western; | Wales & Western

Network Rail is reminding passengers to check before travelling this weekend as Great Western Railway services between Bath and Bristol will be affected by rail improvement work on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 October.

The essential works mean there will be no trains running between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 October, or on Sunday 22 October when follow up work will be taking place.

Customers can still travel between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads as trains will use an alternative route – not stopping at Chippenham or Bath Spa
Trains will also run between London Paddington and Bath Spa up until 1930 on Saturday 7 October
Shuttle trains will then run between Swindon and Bath Spa after 19:30 on Saturdays and all day on Sunday/s.
Replacement buses are planned to operate between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads
Valid rail tickets can also be used on the 9, X39, 1, 5, U5 or 349 buses
Trains will continue to operate Bath Spa and Westbury, Frome, Weymouth or Portsmouth Harbour

Tom Hounslow, Network Rail's project manager, said: “We’re carrying out vital drainage work during this period when the line is closed.

“It’s really important that this work is done in a timely fashion to ensure that the railway is resilient and can cope with adverse weather. We’d like to thank passengers for their patience.”

Oana Apetroaie, GWR’s station manager for Bath Spa, said: “This forms part of an ongoing programme of investment in our railway that will enable us to maintain safe and reliable services for customers travelling between Bath and Bristol.

“We are providing alternative road transport and rail tickets can also be used on some local bus services in the area to allow passengers to continue their journeys with as little inconvenience as possible.”

For the latest information, visit www.GWR.com/upgrade

Contact information

Passengers / community members
Network Rail national helpline
03457 11 41 41

Latest travel advice
Please visit National Rail Enquiries

Journalists
Emily Maiden
Network Rail
Emily.Maiden@networkrail.co.uk

About Network Rail

We own, operate and develop Britain's railway infrastructure; that's 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We run 20 of the UK's largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country's train operating companies.

Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in the UK and over 600 freight trains run on the network. People depend on Britain's railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Our role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway, so we carefully manage and deliver thousands of projects every year that form part of the multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan, to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years.

Media centre