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The new December weekday train timetable for South Wales has been launched today, providing faster journey times, more seats and more frequent services to key locations. Users are being warned to check before travelling to avoid being caught out.

The new December weekday train timetable for Devon, Cornwall and Somerset has been launched today, providing faster journey times, more seats and more frequent services to key locations. Users are being warned to check before travelling to avoid being caught out.

The new December weekday train timetable for Bristol has been launched today, providing faster journey times, more seats and more frequent services to key locations. Users are being warned to check before travelling to avoid being caught out.

An amended timetable has been put in place for trains between London and Penzance, and on some other GWR routes. Where trains are able to run they are expected to be very busy. Customers should check their journeys before travelling.

GWR (Great Western Railway) today named one of its new Intercity Express Trains after Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat as an MP in the House of Commons. The naming ceremony took place at Paddington, exactly 100 years since the by-election result announcing her being elected as Member of Parliament in the seat previously held by her husband.

Customers of an Oxford to London coach service being withdrawn in January can travel for free with Great Western Railway.

Plans to carry out improvement work to the River Tavy Bridge on the Tamar Valley Line are set to close the railway for four days in December, with a bus replacement service provided to keep people moving.

More than 140 trains will serve the Bath Christmas Market this coming Saturday, providing in excess of 60,000 seats to take customers to and from the city, but those travelling at the busiest times are being warned that they may have to queue to board trains home.

Brave Jack Thompson became a ‘Station Master’ for the day after train operator Great Western Railway helped to make his wish come true. The 12-year-old, who was born with a brain tumour and is registered blind, spent the day at London Paddington station offering a five-star service to customers.

The biggest timetable change on the railway network since 1976 was top of the agenda at a meeting of the Thames Valley First business group. Great Western Railway managing director Mark Hopwood addressed around 30 guests in Reading to raise awareness of the new timetable, which will offer faster journey times and more frequent services to key locations throughout the region. The changes come in from December 15.

The launch of the Poppy Appeal 2019 in Bristol took place today at Bristol Temple Meads. The Royal British Legion encourages the nation to recognise the unseen service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, past and present.

Plans to carry out track improvement, and maintenance work will see parts of the railway line in Devon and Somerset closed for two, separate periods.