GWR warn of Berkshire train disruption
Wednesday services will be affected by a strike by ASLEF
Great Western Railway is warning it won’t operate any long-distance services, direct trains between London Paddington and Reading nor trains on many other parts of its network on Wednesday 8 May.
The Aslef union has announced strike action that will affect Great Western Railway, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry and other train operators.
A reduced, revised timetable will operate across several train operators, including GWR.
Many parts of the GWR network will have no service at all and trains that are running will only be operating for a limited period during the day.
Only a very limited service will run on the following GWR routes, between 0700 and around 1900:
Reading and Oxford
Reading and Basingstoke
Reading and Redhill (peak time only)
Reading and Newbury
Westbury and Swindon (peak time only)
Cardiff and Bristol
Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple
Exeter St Davids and Exmouth (calling at Exeter Central, Digby and Topsham only)
Penzance/St Erth and St Ives (09:30 to 12:30 and 15:30 to 19:00)
Plymouth and Gunnislake
Engineering works
Due to engineering works, there will be no GWR trains between London Paddington and Reading. No long-distance services will operate on the GWR network.
Where trains can run, they are expected to be extremely busy and bus replacement services are not able to be provided.
Tickets for strike days will be valid for travel on alternative days on GWR services, as follows:
Tickets for Tuesday 7 May to Thursday 9 May can be used the day before or up to and including Monday 13 May.