- If your journey is delayed you may be entitled to compensation. Download the form here Claim Form
- A useful westbound timetable (including Pewsey, Westbury, Bath, Bristol, Taunton and Exeter) appears on the village notice boards and the notice boards at the station.
- Off peak trains are: All day Saturday and Sunday, Weekday eastbound from 0840 onwards. Weekday from Paddington: 1018 to 1618 inclusive, 1706, 1806, 1945 and later
- Saturday and Sunday adult day return prices are £22 all day to London Paddington.
- Monday to Friday off peak adult day return prices are £22 to London Paddington.
- Monday to Friday peak adult day return prices are £41.90 to London Paddington.
- Further discounts are available to holders of railcards. Railcards cost between £18 and £24 and offer a third off certain fares (typically reducing the London Paddington £22 fare to £14.50). On weekdays the 16-25 Railcard, Senior Railcard and Disabled Persons Railcard are all valid on the 0840 onwards. The Network Railcard (available to any adult not eligible for any other type of railcard) is not valid until the 1037. At weekends railcards are valid all day.
- Don't forget if you are intending travelling on the underground you can ask for a One Day Travelcard to include the tube. This increases the £22 fare to £27, the £41.90 (full fare Paddington ticket) to £47 and the £14.50 to £17.80.
- For eastbound travel we are far cheaper than Pewsey and Swindon.
- Our station has free parking.
- Many more of the stations on our line have become penalty
fare stations. Bedwyn is excluded (as we have no automatic ticket
machine). But please note that if there is not a ticket seller on
the outbound service, and you board your return journey from a
penalty fare station, then you must buy a ticket. Between us and
Reading the only stations that are not penalty fare stations are:
Bedwyn, Kintbury, Newbury Racecourse, Midgham and Aldermaston. So
for example if you get a free ride into Newbury then you may wish to
consider sorting out your ticket on arrival.
- When catching the last train home make sure
it’s the 2215 you board and not the 2214 as you’ll miss
your connection at Reading.
- Check out the Railcards link to
see if you can discount your fares.
- Heathrow Airport: Take the train from Bedwyn station and pick up the RailAir coach service at Reading. To reach the coach departure point head through the main ticket barrier then take a diagonal left to the far side of the station concourse. Through tickets can be purchased on the train from Bedwyn. Typically coaches depart every twenty minutes to thirty minutes and ties in well with our train timetable. See www.railair.com or phone 0118 957 9425 for further details.
- Gatwick Airport: Gatwick Airport is better served by trains than Heathrow with direct services from Reading. Simply board at Bedwyn and buy a through ticket then change at Reading (platforms 4a and 4b), though best to check your times first on either www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk or by calling 08457 484950
- Bristol International Airport: Travel to Bristol Temple Meads and then take the Bristol Flyer direct coach service. If your flight times permit you may be able to make use of our limited westbound service. If not then change at Reading. For further details on the coach call 0871 200 2233.
- Exeter International Airport: An hourly Stagecoach bus, service 56, departs Exeter St David's station for the airport. For further details on the bus call 0871 200 2233. We have a number of direct and connecting services to Exeter.
- A day by the seaside is achievable at Exmouth by catching our Monday to Friday morning westbound train and then changing at Exeter.
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