{"id":265251,"date":"2025-08-11T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=181185"},"modified":"2025-08-11T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:42:00","slug":"weekend-rail-engineering-works-in-south-wales-and-the-marches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=265251","title":{"rendered":"Weekend rail engineering works in South Wales and the Marches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/weekend-rail-engineering-works-in-south-wales-and-the-marches\/\" title=\"Weekend rail engineering works in South Wales and the Marches\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11092946\/newportstation-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\/08\/11092946\/newportstation-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11092946\/newportstation-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Network Rail Wales and Borders will be undertaking essential engineering works across key sections of the railway between Hereford, Newport, and Shrewsbury from Saturday 6 September to Monday 8 September.<\/p>\n<p>This vital work will continue to keep the railway running safely and efficiently for passengers and freight.<\/p>\n<p>The works taking place include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Track and drainage upgrades at St. Julian\u2019s (Newport) and Tram Inn (Hereford)<\/li>\n<li>Drainage and level crossing maintenance between Cwmbran and Maindee<\/li>\n<li>Earthworks and drainage at Little Stretton (Church Stretton to Craven Arms)<\/li>\n<li>Points (the component that allows trains to move from one track to the other) renewal and signalling work at Panteg and Pontypool<\/li>\n<li>Vegetation management improving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To carry out these improvement and maintenance works safely, multiple sections of the railway will be closed during the weekend. These are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Newport, via Hereford, to Shrewsbury<\/li>\n<li>Maindee to Cwmbran, Pontypool and Panteg<\/li>\n<li>Sutton Bridge Junction (Shrewsbury) to Bromfield, Craven Arms and Church Stretton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Replacement bus services will run between Newport and Shrewsbury, serving all intermediate stations.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers are advised to check before they travel at:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrail.co,uk\/\">www.nationalrail.co,uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We thank passengers for their patience while we carry out these vital improvements to keep the railway running safely and reliably.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Network Rail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/weekend-rail-engineering-works-in-south-wales-and-the-marches\/\" title=\"Weekend rail engineering works in South Wales and the Marches\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11092946\/newportstation-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Network Rail Wales and Borders will be undertaking essential engineering works across key sections of the railway between Hereford, Newport, and Shrewsbury from Saturday 6 September to Monday 8 September. This vital work will continue to keep the railway running safely and efficiently for passengers and freight. The works taking place include: To carry out [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"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":[16013,47,913,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-rail-news","category-travel","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251","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=265251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265300,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251\/revisions\/265300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}