Delays and disruptions continue on the railway lines
Recent heavy rain, flooding and high winds are causing disruption to some trains in South West England.
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All the changes listed below are showing correctly for today in the real time Journey Planner.
The following video and images show the extent of some of the flooding:
- Video - Devon
- Cowley Bridge Junction, near Exeter
- River Exe, between Exeter and Tiverton Parkway
- Embankment slip between Parson Street and Nailsea & Backwell
Exeter St Davids - Yeovil Junction (South West Trains)
These changes will continue today and throughout Thursday 29 November and are available in the journey planner.
Due to a landslip at Honiton, and flooding near Axminster, trains are being disrupted between Exeter St Davids and Yeovil Junction.
Trains are running between Exeter St Davids and Yeovil Junction with the following changes:
A limited train service between Exeter St Davids, Yeovil Junction and London Waterloo with trains running approximately every 2 hours
Buses will run between Exeter St Davids and Axminster to supplement the train service
Trains will not call at Pinhoe, Whimple and Feniton except for the following services - 06:08 Salisbury to Exeter St Davids, 20:20 London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids, 05:10 Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo, 21:23 and 22:57 Exeter St Davids to Salisbury. Passengers should use the bus services running between Exeter St Davids and Axminster.
Trains between Yeovil Junction and London Waterloo are able to run normally.
Background information on the disruption on this line can be found here.
Plymouth, Exeter St Davids, Taunton, Bristol Temple Meads (CrossCountry and First Great Western)
The line between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter St Davids has now reopened.
There is a new landslip in the Teignmouth area. Because of this, trains are currently unable to run between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot.
Flooding is causing disruption in the Tiverton Parkway area. The following changes will apply:
- Trains can now run between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter St Davids, but there will be delays of up to 60 minutes. A limited bus service will continue to run to supplement the train service between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter St Davids. However, the availability of these services are subject to road conditions in the area. Some of these buses will be extended to and from Bristol Temple Meads calling at Taunton.
- Trains are currently unable to run between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot. This is due to a landslip at Teignmouth. There is no current estimate for when a normal service will resume on this line. A very limited road replacement service is in place between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot.
- First Great Western passengers may use South West Trains on all reasonable routes
- CrossCountry and First Great Western are accepting each others tickets between Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids
- First Great Western passengers with tickets dated for yesterday can use them today
- A normal service is hoped to be able to run between Tiverton Parkway and Exeter St Davids on Thursday 29 November, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple (First Great Western)
Buses are replacing trains between Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple. Due to engineering work buses are already replacing trains between Barnstaple and Crediton. These buses are extended to run to and from Exeter St Davids. This is expected to continue throughout Thursday 29 November.
Swindon - Bristol Parkway (First Great Western)
Because of a landslip, trains between Swindon and Bristol Parkway are being delayed by up to 60 minutes. Some trains may be diverted and not call at Bristol Parkway, a bus will run between Bristol Parkway and Patchway. This is expected to continue throughout Thursday 29 November.
First Great Western Sleeper services
The sleeper services for Wednesday 28 November have been cancelled. No replacement transport has been arranged. Details of the arrangements for the sleeper services on Thursday 29 November have not yet been confirmed.
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