25th to 27th Dec.
Paddington:
No Heathrow Express/Connect
Great Western trains affected
25th Dec to 4th Jan.
Victoria:
No Gatwick Express
Southern/Thameslink trains affected
Typical British Xmas train chaos, sorry travellers.
Posted by
London
8 posts
Heathrow and Gatwick express services are not available from Dec 25th 2015 to Jan 4th 2016 because of Festive season is the one of the reason at the same time Railway Line Improvement work is also there.
If any one looking to travel from Heathrow or Gatwick airports to London, better to Hire a private car which gives hassle free journey from airport to your London destination place..
Make sure that on the Christmas Day and New Year day few private car company will be add some extra festive charges on the journey. So as per your requirement book a cab..
Posted by
Oxford, United Kingdom
5466 posts
Paddington station is completely closed 25-28 December. Long distance services on 27-28 are diverted either to Marylebone or Waterloo. Thames Valley services terminate at Slough with bus connections.
Trains to Bath are operating from Marylebone to Banbury, Oxford and thence to Bath - so are routed away from Reading. So bus to Slough, train to Didcot and change there for Bath. (Or take the coach!)
Posted by
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
4088 posts
Simon Calder, provocative columnist for the Independent newspaper in the UK, offered this discussion on Wednesday:
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/christmas-travel-heathrow-and-gatwick-airports-rail-links-cut-a6774646.html