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Last Updated: Saturday, 21 August, 2004, 08:24 GMT 09:24 UK
Reduced rail service over holiday
First Great Western train
Passengers for London will have to change at Reading
First Great Western has begun running a reduced timetable for passengers in Swindon and Wiltshire.

It says £8m of track repairs between Reading and London Paddington being carried out by Network Rail has resulted in the reduced service.

From Saturday until 27 August, only two of the four lines between Paddington and Reading will be used.

This means there will be fewer trains running each hour to and from Chippenham, Swindon and Pewsey.

Over the bank holiday weekend there will be no services to London Paddington.

Passengers will have to change at Reading for London Waterloo.

Tim Bowcock from First Great Western said the operator was doing what it could to make things as easy as possible for customers.




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