Rail Services and Strike Action

We have been advised that ASLEF (train drivers union) are taking industrial action starting this Friday 1 December until Sunday 10 December, with a strike at GWR on Thursday 7 December and action short of a strike for the other affected days.

This means that GWR will run a very limited service on Sunday 3 December, especially on long-distance services. As such, some parts of the GWR network will have no service at all, including all long distance trains out of London Paddington to Bristol, South Wales, and the South West. There will be no replacement bus services in operation either.

Customers are advised to travel before the weekend or after Sunday. Where GWR can run services (expected to include most of their local services), only a limited number of trains will run. These trains will be much busier than usual, and services will be subject to short notice alteration or cancellations.

GWR will update journey planners as soon as possible, and these should be accurate online from tomorrow (Thursday 30 November). Customers with tickets to travel from Saturday 2 December to Friday 8 December can use these the day before they are valid or up to and including Tuesday 12 December.

For full information please visit the dedicated strike page www.gwr.com/strike, or see GWR media release at: https://news.gwr.com/news/no-trains-between-london-paddington-and-bristol-south-wales-and-the-south-west-on-sunday-as-industrial-action-by-drivers-union-looms.

South Western Railway have also advised that their services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids will be subject to major disruption and diversions. This is due to industrial action and major engineering work between Salisbury and Yeovil Junction. Services are likely to be extremely busy.