London Paddington Closure

A quick reminder that London Paddington is closed to all rail services, GWR, Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express on Sunday 17 November.  A reduced rail service will be in operation, with a limited hourly service into London Euston for some long distance customers.

Customers will be able to use Elizabeth line services from Reading to Ealing Broadway to connect with the Central line.

Services will be very busy, and long distance services from Devon and Cornwall, and South Wales into Euston (which will not call at Reading) are reservation only and must be booked in advance.

The revised timetable is in journey planners, posters are on display at stations, we have on board and station announcements, and we have had both social and traditional media coverage. There is also a reduced service between Reading and London Paddington on Saturday 16 November as only two out of four tracks between these stations will be available for use.

Due to crew availability on Sundays (which we wrote to you about recently) we are also alerting customers to the potential for further timetable changes.  We are doing our best to cover all the planned services, but we are reliant on voluntary overtime.

We are therefore allowing customers to use tickets for Sunday 17 November on Saturday 16 or Monday 18 November if they prefer.  We will also update the timetable with any further changes or cancellations early on Sunday 17, so that customers can check their journey before heading out to the station.