Christmas travel advice

Thursday 1 January

Full mainline service and a reduced hourly service on local Cardiff and Valleys services (Vale of Glamorgan via Barry, Rhymney, Aberdare and Merthyr).

Rail replacement buses between Pontypridd - Treherbert.

There’ll be no Coryton, Penarth or Cardiff Bay services and trains will not call at Barry Island.

Saturday 27 - Tuesday 30 December

Due to a late notice change to engineering work around Cardiff Central station, many services will be retimed and subject to platform changes at Cardiff Central.
 

• Services west of Cardiff (Bridgend, Swansea and Carmarthen services) will be retimed with only one hourly TfW service and one hourly GWR service heading west. A shuttle rail service will run between Maesteg and Bridgend.
• Ebbw Vale - Cardiff services will not extend to Maesteg and will be retimed. On Saturday, Monday and Tuesday Ebbw Vale services will run to and from Newport with a connection to and from Cardiff Central.
• Some Manchester and Holyhead services will be slightly retimed between Cardiff and Shrewsbury.
• Local Cardiff and Valleys will be subject to minor retimings.
   

Please check before you travel.

Monday 29 - Tuesday 30 December

Rail replacement buses between Whitland - Milford Haven mid-morning until early afternoon.

The last service able to run will be the 09:00 Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly.

The first service able to run will be the 15:44 Carmarthen to Milford Haven.

Wednesday 31 December - Thursday 1 January

Rail replacement buses between Haverford West - Milford Haven until mid-afternoon.

The last service able to run will be the 09:00 Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly.

The first service able to run will be the 13:55 Carmarthen to Milford Haven.

Thursday 1 January

Late night rail replacement buses between Carmarthen - Llanelli - Port Talbot.

Late evening Ebbw Vale - Cardiff services will run via Newport.