📋 Tender Overview
Passengers Are Reminded To Plan Ahead During June, With One Week To Go Until Train Services Through South Gloucestershire And The Severn Tunnel Are Affected While Vital Maintenance Takes Place Over A Two-Week Period. From Monday 9 Until Friday 20 June, And On Sunday 29 June, Network Rail Will Be Replacing Track In The Filton And Stoke Gifford Areas, As Well As Completing Other Work Between Pilning And Severn Beach. With The Line Closed, Teams Are Also Taking The Opportunity To Complete Maintenance On The Overhead Power Lines Through The Severn Tunnel Itself. Travel Arrangements (9 - 20 June And 29 June 2025) There Will Be No Direct Trains Between Bristol And South Wales On These Dates: Monday 9 To Saturday 14 June, Plus Monday 16 To Friday 20 June From Monday 9 To Friday 13 June, An Amended And Reduced Transport For Wales Service Will Run Between Cardiff Central And Newport, With Extended Journey Times. Trains Will Be Retimed To Run Earlier Or Later Than Usual. Trains Between Cardiff Central, Swansea And Beyond Will Also Be Retimed As A Result Of This Work. Sunday 15 June Sunday 29 June Please Note, Ticket Acceptance Will Be In Place, Meaning Free Travel With A Valid Rail Ticket On Buses: Network Rail Programme Director Ross Mahoney Said: ID Like To Thank Train Operators, Passengers And Our Freight Customers For Their Patience As We Work On This Busy Section Of The Route Between Bristol And South Wales Over This Two-Week Period. The Main Focus Is On Replacing Track In The Filton And Patchway Areas Of South Gloucestershire. Following Last YearS Track Replacement Inside The Severn Tunnel WeRe Also Returning There To Complete Maintenance On The Overhead Power Lines While The Line Is Closed. On The Wales Side, WeLl Be Taking Advantage Of The Closure To Carry Out Maintenance Of The Overhead Line Equipment As Well As Track And Vegetation Work. All Of This Work Is Vital To Ensure The Continued Safe And Reliable Running Of The Railway. Marcus Deegan, Gwr Station Manager For Bristol Parkway, Said: This Work Forms Part Of An Ongoing Programme Of Investment, Helping To Ensure We Can Continue To Provide Consistent And Reliable Services. To Maintain Rail Connections To And From South Wales, Some Of Our Trains Will Use A Different Route From Normal, Via Gloucester, Making Journeys Around An Hour Longer. We Can Only Provide A Limited Replacement Bus Service Between Bristol Parkway And Severn Tunnel Junction Or Newport In The Morning And The Evening Monday To Saturday. So, Like Last Summer, Customers Should Stay On The Train And Change At Gloucester Or Cheltenham Spa Where Trains Will Be Running To Or From South Wales. On Sunday 15 June There Will Be A Full Rail Replacement Service Between Bristol Parkway And Newport Or Cardiff Central As Our Trains Will Not Be Diverted Via Gloucester. ItS Important Customers Are Aware The Alternative Travel Arrangements In Place On These Dates Will Make Journey Times At Least An Hour Longer Than Usual. In Addition, Major Concerts Are Also Planned To Take Place During This Period In Cardiff And In Bath So Please Check Your Journey Details In Advance. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Emily Maiden Network Rail We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
