RAIL passengers in Yate, Cam and Dursley are being advised to only travel if ‘absolutely necessary’ on Sunday.

Great Western Railway says because of several pieces of engineering work there will be fewer trains running between London Paddington, Bristol and South Wales.

Essential track repairs west of Bristol Parkway mean no trains can access Stoke Gifford depot, which maintains part of the fleet of GWR Intercity Express Trains, meaning fewer trains will be available. 

This also means no GWR services will be able to stop at Bristol Parkway on Sunday.

A reduced train service will run between London, Bristol Temple Meads and South Wales and will not stop at Didcot Parkway, Swindon or Chippenham.

These services will use diversionary routes adding 30 minutes to journey times, GWR says. 

These trains will also only accept reserved tickets..

Buses will also replace some trains between Bristol Temple Meads and Gloucester (not stopping at Bristol Parkway).

Tickets for Sunday, November 3 on the affected routes will be able to be used to travel on Saturday, November 2 or Monday, November 4.

GWR Operations Director, Richard Rowland, said: “We’re sorry to customers affected by this disruption. 

“To allow us to provide reliable services on Sunday and to be able to have a good start to service on Monday morning, we have had to reduce our service frequency for the day.

“With so many pieces of vital improvement work coming together we will be able to operate fewer trains than normal and where we are able to run trains, they are expected to be really busy.

“We are encouraging people to travel on alternative days where they are able to do so on the routes affected.”

For more information see GWR’s website.