Bedwyn trains update

Earlier this week Bedwyn Trains Passenger Group released an update on the disruptions to the Bedwyn/London Paddington service. While bus replacements come to an end on Friday March 3, there are further line closures on Sunday 5^th March, Saturday and Sunday 11^th/12^th March, Friday 7^th April to Monday 10^th April, and on Sunday 16^th and 23^rd April and 14^thMay.

Planned strikes, if they go ahead, will also bring more disruption. The RMT trades union has announced four 24-hour strikes on 16^th and 18^thMarch, and 30^th March and 1^st April. Click here for amended timetable information. Inevitably this will cause disruption on 17^th, 19^th, 31^st March and 2^nd April.

There are further problems between April 30^th and May 3^rd. Steve Smith, from Bedwyn Trains Passenger Group, told Marlborough.news, “Aside from the closures on our stretch of line, GWR have listened to our complaints that, due to engineering taking place between Westbury and Taunton on April 30th to May 3^rd, we will be denied our scheduled stops on through trains that are now being diverted via Bristol. At first this meant the following Bedwyn departures will not run: 0651, 0729 and 0803 and the following Paddington to Bedwyn services will not run: 1808 and 1836. However, GWR have put in some replacements for us and we will now have:

Monday 01^st May – Bedwyn departures

05.34 (arrives Paddington at 06.38)

06.00 (arrives Paddington at 07.09)

07:29 (arrives Paddington at 08:35)

08:26 (arrives Paddington at 09:24) – replaces 08:03 departure.

Tuesday 02^nd and Wednesday 03^rd May

05.34 (arrives Paddington at 06.38)

06.00 (arrives Paddington at 07.09)

06:26 (arrives Paddington at 07:36)

06:51 (arrives Paddington at 08:01)

07:29 (arrives Paddington at 08:35)

08:26 (arrives Paddington at 09:24) – replaces 08:03 departure.