{"id":265424,"date":"2025-08-12T00:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=181232"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:56:59","slug":"rail-journeys-affected-by-engineering-work-in-the-cotswolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=265424","title":{"rendered":"Rail journeys affected by engineering work in the Cotswolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/travel\/rail-journeys-affected-by-engineering-work-in-the-cotswolds\/\" title=\"Rail journeys affected by engineering work in the Cotswolds\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11155555\/gwr-iet-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\/11155555\/gwr-iet-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11155555\/gwr-iet-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Network Rail plans to carry out track renewals, plus essential maintenance impacting trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill.<\/p>\n<p>These works will impact services on this route from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No trains can run between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill<\/li>\n<li>Replacement buses are planned for stations affected<\/li>\n<li>Trains will still run either side of the blockade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Billy White, GWR Station Manager for Oxford, Didcot and North Cotswolds area, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis forms part of an ongoing programme of maintenance, helping to ensure we can continue to provide consistent and reliable services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll provide replacement road transport between Moreton-in-Marsh, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcestershire Parkway and Worcester Shrub Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrains 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther train services will be operating between Worcester Shrub Hill or Worcester Foregate Street stations and Hereford during this period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an alternative, Transport for Wales also operate trains between Hereford and Newport for connections to Didcot Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers should also be aware these alternative travel arrangements will make journey times much longer, so please plan ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Pankhurst, Network Rail programme manager, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work will ensure the continued safe and reliable running of trains through the Cotswolds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sorry to temporarily close the railway but it will benefit passengers long into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please note that only CrossCountry trains will be able to stop at Worcestershire Parkway while this engineering work is taking place.<\/p>\n<p>There is also only limited parking available at Moreton-in-Marsh or Evesham stations and spaces will be reduced by rail replacement services.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admin.prgloo.com\/GWR.com\/upgrade\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GWR.com\/Upgrade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image credit: GWR<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/travel\/rail-journeys-affected-by-engineering-work-in-the-cotswolds\/\" title=\"Rail journeys affected by engineering work in the Cotswolds\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11155555\/gwr-iet-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>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: Billy White, GWR Station Manager for Oxford, Didcot and North Cotswolds area, said: \u201cThis forms part of an ongoing programme of [\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":[16013,47,16016,913,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-rail-news","category-train-operating-companies","category-travel","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265424","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=265424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265702,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265424\/revisions\/265702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}