All trains between Newport and Cardiff Central are suspended. Whilst some services are now operating between Bristol and Newport, Great Western Railway request that you do not travel from either Bristol Parkway or Bristol Temple Meads to Newport and Cardiff Central in either direction.
Great Western Railway tickets dated today (Saturday August 1) will be valid tomorrow (Sunday August 2) on journeys to or from South Wales.
For those currently travelling, your ticket can be used at no extra cost (in both directions) on the following local bus routes:
Stagecoach Buses route 12: Bristol Parkway (Station), Patchway (Little Stoke Kingsway)Stagecoach Buses route X24: Newport and Pontypool via CwmbranStagecoach Buses route 21 / X3: Pontypool and CwmbranStagecoach Buses route 23: Cwmbran and Hereford via AbergavennyStagecoach Buses route X5: Cardiff and CwmbranStagecoach Buses route 30 / X30: Cardiff and NewportFirst Buses route M4: Bristol (Centre), Bristol Parkway (Station), Patchway (Titan Road)First Buses (Cymru) route 38: Neath (Bus Station), Swansea (Bus Station)First Buses (Cymru) route 84: Port Talbot Parkway (Station), Swansea (Bus StationFirst Buses (Cymru) route 87: Port Talbot Parkway (Station), Neath (Bus Station)First Buses (Cymru) route X1: Swansea (Bus Station), Port Talbot Parkway (Station), Bridgend (Bus Station)First Buses (Cymru) route X2: Cardiff (Wood Street), Bridgend (Bus Station)First Buses (Cymru) route X5: Swansea (Bus Station), Neath (Bus Station)First Buses (Cymru) route X7: Swansea (Bus Station), Neath (Bus Station)
If you are travelling to Southampton and Portsmouth, then you can use your ticket via Reading, on to Basingstoke and then take a South Western Railway service at no extra cost. This is available in both directions.
Additionally, if your train is cancelled, you may travel on either of the two services before, or two services after, your original train. If these are peak services or less flexible, you can still travel with your original ticket, at no extra cost.