Network Rail plans to carry out track renewals, plus essential maintenance impacting trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill.
These works will impact services on this route from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August:
- No trains can run between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill
- Replacement buses are planned for stations affected
- Trains will still run either side of the blockade
Billy White, GWR Station Manager for Oxford, Didcot and North Cotswolds area, said:
“This forms part of an ongoing programme of maintenance, helping to ensure we can continue to provide consistent and reliable services.
“We’ll provide replacement road transport between Moreton-in-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway and Worcester Shrub Hill.
“Trains still run between Moreton-in Marsh and London Paddington, via Oxford, plus a few direct trains will run between Hereford and London Paddington, via Cheltenham Spa.
“Other train services will be operating between Worcester Shrub Hill or Worcester Foregate Street stations and Hereford during this period.
“As an alternative, Transport for Wales also operate trains between Hereford and Newport for connections to Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.
“Customers should also be aware these alternative travel arrangements will make journey times much longer, so please plan ahead.”
Jason Pankhurst, Network Rail programme manager, said:
“Our work will ensure the continued safe and reliable running of trains through the Cotswolds.
“We’re sorry to temporarily close the railway but it will benefit passengers long into the future.”
Please note that only CrossCountry trains will be able to stop at Worcestershire Parkway while this engineering work is taking place.
There is also only limited parking available at Moreton-in-Marsh or Evesham stations and spaces will be reduced by rail replacement services.
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