Rail passengers will be affected over the Christmas period by major improvement works in Reading and Slough.
Network Rail will be completing work to a new £45m viaduct to the west of the station, resulting in limited services and bus replacements on some routes.
From December 27 direct train services from Oxford to London will be reduced to two an hour until January 3.
On January 4 the First Great Western service between Didcot and Oxford will be served by a bus replacement service due to engineering works.
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Managing director of Network Rail’s western route Patrick Hallgate said: “We ask that you bear with us over the Christmas period as we undertake this extensive improvement work.”
Conversely, Chiltern Railways will run a Boxing Day service between London and Bicester North to help alleviate traffic congestion near the shopping centre.
Services start at 8.15am and the last train back to Marylebone will leave at 8.26pm.
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