{"id":248205,"date":"2025-07-08T19:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=179565"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:18:35","slug":"passengers-reminded-to-check-before-they-travel-as-severn-estuary-major-resilience-work-takes-place-between-gloucester-and-severn-tunnel-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=248205","title":{"rendered":"Passengers reminded to check before they travel as Severn Estuary major resilience work takes place between Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/passengers-reminded-to-check-before-they-travel-as-severn-estuary-major-resilience-work-takes-place-between-gloucester-and-severn-tunnel-junction\/\" title=\"Passengers reminded to check before they travel as Severn Estuary major resilience work takes place between Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/08101721\/severnest-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/08101721\/severnest-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/08101721\/severnest-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Passengers travelling between Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction are advised to plan ahead as essential engineering work will close all railway lines through the Severn Estuary for&nbsp;<strong>three weeks<\/strong>, from&nbsp;<strong>00:40 on Sunday 27 July&nbsp;<\/strong>until&nbsp;<strong>08:40 on Sunday 17 August 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These latest improvement works includes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stabilisation of the slopes beside the tracks,\u00a0<\/strong>with nearly 7,600 grouted rock anchors and netting over 32,000 square metres<\/li>\n<li><strong>Track renewal and drainage improvements<\/strong>\u00a0near Newnham Tunnel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation management<\/strong>, platform line painting, and litter clearance activities at Chepstow and Lydney stations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signal upgrades<\/strong>\u00a0and other infrastructure improvements under the Gloucester Area Signalling Project (GASP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To allow engineers to work safely, no trains will run between Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction throughout the closure period, with replacement bus services provided as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CrossCountry<\/strong><br \/>Buses will replace trains between\u00a0<strong>Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction via Lydney and Chepstow<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transport for Wales<\/strong><br \/>Buses will run between\u00a0<strong>Cheltenham Spa\/Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction via Lydney and Chepstow<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nick Millington, Route Director at Network Rail (Wales and Borders) said: \u201cThese works are part of the wider Severn Estuary Resilience Programme (SERP), a program designed to protect the railway lines in the area which &#8211; owing to its geography, geology and a changing climate \u2013 is especially prone to extreme weather and coastal erosion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have chosen this time of year so that it minimises the number of passengers and freight hauliers impacted by this essential work, while keeping our teams undertaking the work safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis latest stage continues our commitment to improve the long-term safety and reliability in an area historically prone to landslips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Passengers are advised to&nbsp;<strong>check before they travel<\/strong>, as journey times may be extended. Online journey planners will be updated ahead of the works, and station staff will be available to assist passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers are advised to plan ahead and allow extra time for journeys. Check the latest travel information at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeycheck.com\/tfwrail\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.journeycheck.com\/tfwrail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you live near the railway and would like to receive notification of our work by email, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/sign-up\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.networkrail.co.uk\/sign-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Network Rail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/passengers-reminded-to-check-before-they-travel-as-severn-estuary-major-resilience-work-takes-place-between-gloucester-and-severn-tunnel-junction\/\" title=\"Passengers reminded to check before they travel as Severn Estuary major resilience work takes place between Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/08101721\/severnest-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Passengers travelling between Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction are advised to plan ahead as essential engineering work will close all railway lines through the Severn Estuary for\u00a0three weeks, from\u00a000:40 on Sunday 27 July\u00a0until\u00a008:40 on Sunday 17 August 2025. These latest improvement works includes: To allow engineers to work safely, no trains will run between Gloucester [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16013,343,47,16148,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest","category-infrastructure","category-rail-news","category-rail-projects","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248279,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248205\/revisions\/248279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}