{"id":256846,"date":"2025-07-25T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=180395"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:53:00","slug":"major-rail-upgrades-underway-in-south-wales-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=256846","title":{"rendered":"Major rail upgrades underway in South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/infrastructure\/major-rail-upgrades-underway-in-south-wales-2\/\" title=\"Major rail upgrades underway in South Wales\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/25104049\/chalkwell-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\/25104049\/chalkwell-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/25104049\/chalkwell-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Network Rail (Wales and Borders) has started a comprehensive programme of engineering works across key rail corridors in South Wales as part of its ongoing commitment to maintaining and improving rail infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The works, taking place between&nbsp;<strong>Saturday 2 August<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Monday 11 August<\/strong>, involve track renewals, drainage improvements, and essential maintenance to keep a safe and reliable railway for passengers and freight operators alike.<\/p>\n<p>Areas affected are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dynevor Junction\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>Morlais Junction<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jersey Marine\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>Hendy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Llangyfelach Tunnel\u00a0<\/strong>and surrounding track sections<\/li>\n<li><strong>Penllergaer Tunnel\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>Grovesend<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Key engineering activities include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Track renewals\u00a0<\/strong>through Llangyfelach Tunnel, and various sections between Dynevor Junction and Felin Fran Junction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Track and drainage upgrades<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>and renewals<\/strong>\u00a0between Grovesend and Penllergaer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The works will improve track reliability and see smoother journeys for passengers, while reducing the risk of service delays and the potential for anything going wrong with the infrastructure. They will also increase resilience against extreme weather.<\/p>\n<p>Network Rail is grateful for the patience and understanding of passengers while we complete this important work.<\/p>\n<p>Please check your travel plans at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrail.co.uk\/\">www.nationalrail.co.uk<\/a>&nbsp;and allow extra time for your journeys.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Network Rail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/infrastructure\/major-rail-upgrades-underway-in-south-wales-2\/\" title=\"Major rail upgrades underway in South Wales\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/25104049\/chalkwell-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Network Rail (Wales and Borders) has started a comprehensive programme of engineering works across key rail corridors in South Wales as part of its ongoing commitment to maintaining and improving rail infrastructure. The works, taking place between\u00a0Saturday 2 August\u00a0and\u00a0Monday 11 August, involve track renewals, drainage improvements, and essential maintenance to keep a safe and reliable [\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":[343,47,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-rail-news","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256846","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=256846"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258113,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256846\/revisions\/258113"}],"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=256846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}