Good that both rail and roadworks are being carried out during the school holidays but both at the same time and on the same route the rail replacement buses will be taking
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly7ygdx3ldo Travellers can expect disruption on the West's rail lines and roads for several days as multiple improvement works begin.
Great Western Railway (GWR▸ ) is starting planned track renewal work around Bristol.
Works are planned between Bath Spa and Westbury on Sunday 27 October and between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads from Monday to Thursday 31 October, meaning no trains will run between those stations.
Long delays are also expected near the A4 Globe Roundabout between Bristol and Bath from Friday until 3 November due to temporary traffic lights.
On Sunday there will be trains between Bath, Bristol and Cardiff but with rail replacement services from Bath to the Wiltshire stations.
From Monday until Thursday, the line between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads will be closed and buses will replace trains.
GWR says there will be one train an hour between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads via an alternative route which does not call at Chippenham or Bath Spa.
There will also be one train an hour running to and from London Paddington as far as Bath Spa.
Rail disruption details:
Sunday 27 October
Trains will be running between:
Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads or Cardiff Central
Westbury and Portsmouth Harbour or Weymouth
Replacement buses are planned between:
Bath Spa, Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge and Westbury
Bath Spa, Freshford, Avoncliff* and Bradford-on-Avon
*buses stop in Westwood Village
Monday 28 to Thursday 31 October
Trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will use an alternative route – not stopping at Chippenham or Bath Spa.
A reduced train service will be operating between London Paddington and Bath Spa via Chippenham.
Trains will also be running between:
Bath Spa and Westbury, Portsmouth Harbour or Weymouth
Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central, Gloucester or Worcester
Replacement buses are planned between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads.