Upcoming Severn Tunnel closure

A reminder about the upcoming engineering work in the Severn Tunnel from Monday 9 to Friday 20 June, as well as Sunday 29 June.

 This will impact services between London and South Wales, as an alternative route will be used between Swindon and Newport via Gloucester instead of Bristol Parkway.

This may mean that there may be a delay when using the road level crossings in Caldicot and Lydney, as barrier down times could be affected. We will be putting posters up at all our level crossings (foot and road crossings) to make users aware of the increased services.

For passengers travelling between Bristol and South Wales, they can change at Gloucester or Cheltenham Spa, where trains will still be running to and from South Wales. A limited train service will still run between London Paddington and Bristol Parkway. Replacement buses are also planned between Bristol Parkway and Severn Tunnel Junction/Newport, but these will be limited services only.

The exception to the above is Sunday 15 June, when rail replacement services are planned to operate between Bristol Parkway and Newport or Cardiff Central on this date. Trains will still run between London Paddington and Bristol Parkway, plus between Newport and Swansea or Carmarthen.

We urge passengers to check before they travel on nationalrail.co.uk/ or www.gwr.com/check