{"id":254567,"date":"2025-07-21T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=180104"},"modified":"2025-07-21T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:03:07","slug":"diversion-route-and-shuttle-buses-in-place-as-railway-bridge-work-takes-place-in-wiltshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=254567","title":{"rendered":"Diversion route and shuttle buses in place as railway bridge work takes place in Wiltshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/infrastructure\/diversion-route-and-shuttle-buses-in-place-as-railway-bridge-work-takes-place-in-wiltshire\/\" title=\"Diversion route and shuttle buses in place as railway bridge work takes place in Wiltshire\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/21110220\/bridge-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\/21110220\/bridge-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/21110220\/bridge-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Network Rail has today begun work to improve reliability on a railway bridge in Limpley Stoke, which will affect local traffic and buses.<\/p>\n<p>Repairs will take place to the bridge over Winsley Hill which carries the railway from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon. The work, from Monday 21 July to Sunday 31 August, is needed to ensure rail services can continue to operate over the bridge for decades to come.<\/p>\n<p>New steelwork will be installed on the underside of the bridge to spread the weight of trains running over it. It will be grit-blasted, repainted and anti-collision markings will be added.<\/p>\n<p>For the project to be completed safely and efficiently, no traffic can travel under the railway bridge and a diversion will be clearly signposted. Pedestrian access will remain open, with some exceptions to allow certain tasks to be completed safely.<\/p>\n<p>Buses between Bath and Bradford-on-Avon, via Winsley village, will be diverted and alternative arrangements will be in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Network Rail lead portfolio manager Vaheesan Maheswaran said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our latest piece of work to make sure trains can continue to travel safely and reliably across the hundreds of bridges on the Western route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sorry to cause disruption to the local community but our work is essential to keep trains running smoothly and reliably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve worked with Wiltshire Council to provide free shuttle bus services throughout the duration of this work. Timetables for these services are available at local bus stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Network Rail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/infrastructure\/diversion-route-and-shuttle-buses-in-place-as-railway-bridge-work-takes-place-in-wiltshire\/\" title=\"Diversion route and shuttle buses in place as railway bridge work takes place in Wiltshire\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/21110220\/bridge-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Network Rail has today begun work to improve reliability on a railway bridge in Limpley Stoke, which will affect local traffic and buses. Repairs will take place to the bridge over Winsley Hill which carries the railway from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon. The work, from Monday 21 July to Sunday 31 August, is needed to ensure [\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":[343,47,16031,913,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-rail-news","category-structures","category-travel","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254567","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=254567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254568,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254567\/revisions\/254568"}],"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=254567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=254567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=254567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}