Westbury - engineering works from 24th December 2024 for 30 days

John D

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Re: Westbury - engineering works from 24th December 2024 for 30 days

« Reply #90 on: January 23, 2025, 16:58:32 »

Portsmouth - Cardiff should resume tomorrow (Friday)

.... but just for a day, as line is part suspended on Saturday & Sunday for Severn tunnel works.

I wonder if GWR^▸ were consulted, and said yes to the timing of the works, interrupting just one day after reopening through service was deemed agreeable by GWR


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bobm

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Re: Westbury - engineering works from 24th December 2024 for 30 days

« Reply #91 on: January 23, 2025, 17:00:18 »

There are also other weekends of TW disruption coming up.

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The line between Swindon and Chippenham will be closed on the 1st and 2nd March. Some trains from London to Bristol will be diverted and not call at Didcot Parkway, Swindon or Chippenham while a few will call at Swindon but then use an alternative route missing Chippenham and Bath Spa. TransWilts services will only run between Chippenham and Westbury. Buses will replace trains between Swindon and Chippenham. Trains to Cheltenham and South Wales will run with some minor timing changes.

On the 15th and 16th March track replacement work on the Melksham single line will see buses replace trains between Chippenham and Trowbridge.

Further work in the Didcot area means changes on the last two weekends of March. This will see trains to and from Bristol and South Wales diverted and not calling at Didcot Parkway, Swindon and Chippenham. TransWilts trains will terminate and start back to Westbury at Chippenham with bus connections to Chippenham.


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grahame

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Re: Westbury - engineering works from 24th December 2024 for 30 days

« Reply #92 on: January 23, 2025, 20:29:59 »

Quote from: John D on January 23, 2025, 16:58:32

Portsmouth to Cardiff is a bit of an oddball in that the number of through passengers is very low indeed - so disruption towards one end only effects a very few passengers towards the other.

From Cardiff Central - journeys by tickets sold (2023/4)
1st Newport
4th Bristol Temple Meads
17th Bath Spa
50th Filton Abbey Wood
77th Southampton Central
101st Salisbury
110th Trowbridge
138th Westbury
144th Warminster
148th Bradford-on-Avon
152nd Romsey
161st Fareham
173rd Portsmouth and Southsea
194th Fratton
203rd Portsmouth Harbour
222nd Cosham


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