{"id":267037,"date":"2025-08-15T01:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=181422"},"modified":"2025-08-15T01:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:16:59","slug":"rail-journeys-affected-by-engineering-work-in-gloucestershire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=267037","title":{"rendered":"Rail journeys affected by engineering work in Gloucestershire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/rail-journeys-affected-by-engineering-work-in-gloucestershire\/\" title=\"Rail journeys affected by engineering work in Gloucestershire\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/14161617\/Kemble-IET_cropped-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\/14161617\/Kemble-IET_cropped-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/14161617\/Kemble-IET_cropped-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great Western Railway services will be affected by important rail improvement work taking place between Gloucester and Swindon in August.<\/p>\n<p>Network Rail plans to replace track on level crossings in the Kemble area and use the opportunity to carry out maintenance on a bridge.<\/p>\n<p>These works will impact services on this route from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 August:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Train services cannot operate between Gloucester and Swindon via Stroud<\/li>\n<li>Replacement buses are planned for those stations affected<\/li>\n<li>Trains will still run either side of the blockade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chloe Coglan, GWR Station Manager for Cheltenham Spa and Gloucester, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investment forms part of a programme of work, helping to ensure we continue to provide consistent and reliable services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGWR will be providing replacement road transport between Gloucester and Stroud, Stonehouse, Kemble or Swindon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrains still run between Swindon and London Paddington, plus some direct trains will run between Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester and London Paddington via Bristol Parkway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, other train services will also be running between Cheltenham Spa or Gloucester and Bristol Parkway for connections towards London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that customers are aware these alternative travel arrangements will make journey times much longer, so please plan ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Parker, Network Rail Lead Portfolio Manager, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sorry to temporarily close the railway but we\u2019re making full use of the opportunity to complete several key pieces of work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen complete, it will help make sure trains can continue to travel between Swindon and Gloucester safely and smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please note that rail replacement services for Stonehouse stop to pick up or drop off by the Town Hall in the High Street and not at the railway station.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest information, visit&nbsp;<strong>GWR.com\/Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Image credit: GWR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/general-interest\/rail-journeys-affected-by-engineering-work-in-gloucestershire\/\" title=\"Rail journeys affected by engineering work in Gloucestershire\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/14161617\/Kemble-IET_cropped-485x360.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Great Western Railway services will be affected by important rail improvement work taking place between Gloucester and Swindon in August. Network Rail plans to replace track on level crossings in the Kemble area and use the opportunity to carry out maintenance on a bridge. These works will impact services on this route from Tuesday 26 [\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":[16013,343,47,16016,913,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-infrastructure","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\/267037","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=267037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267327,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267037\/revisions\/267327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}