Travelling through Trowbridge this weekend?
What you need to know about engineering work affecting your journey.
Great Western Railway services will be affected by essential maintenance in the Trowbridge area over weekends in February.
Track renewal work will impact trains between Westbury and Bath Spa or Chippenham this weekend (10/11 February), as well as 17/18 February.
- Trains between Swindon, Chippenham and Bath Spa are unaffected
- Trains will run between Cardiff Central or Gloucester and Bath Spa
- Trains will also run between Portsmouth Harbour or Weymouth and Westbury
- Replacement buses are planned between Bath Spa and Westbury, plus between Chippenham and Westbury
Jordan Welsby, GWR Station Manager for Westbury, Wiltshire and Dorset, said:
“This improvement work forms part of an ongoing programme of maintenance, helping to ensure that we can continue to provide consistent and reliable services.
“We’ll provide rail replacement services between Chippenham and Westbury or Bath Spa and Bradford-on-Avon every hour, and between Bath Spa and Westbury every 30 minutes.
“In addition, First Bus will also allow customers to travel on their D1 buses between Bath and Westbury as well as their D2 or D2X buses between Bath and Frome.
“GWR customers can also travel on CrossCountry and South Western Railway services instead between Cardiff, Bristol or Bath and the South Coast via Reading.
“However, these alternative travel arrangements will make journeys longer, so please do check before you travel.”
Mark Parker, Network Rail’s lead portfolio manager, said:
“We’d like to thank passengers for their patience while we carry out this essential track replacement in the Trowbridge area.
“Once complete, this vital work will enable continued safe and reliable services to run on this popular route for years to come.”
For the latest information, visit GWR.com/Wessex
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First Greater Western Limited, trading as “Great Western Railway” (GWR), operates trains across the Great Western franchise area, which includes South Wales, the West Country, the Cotswolds, across southern England and into London. GWR provides high speed, commuter, regional and branch line train services, and before the covid-19 pandemic helped over 100 million passengers reach their destinations every year. GWR has been awarded a National Rail Contract to continue operating the Great Western network, which shall run up to 21 June 2025, with the potential for a further three years at the Secretary of State’s discretion. Find out more here: https://www.gwr.com/about-us