| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by grahame at 19:57, 17th August 2025 |     |
You're misreading the map - it just means that the line is blocked for at least one day in the period of the map & you have to read the key to discover which days.
Yes - I know that now and apologised for my misreading in my previous message
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 19:53, 17th August 2025 | |
You're misreading the map - it just means that the line is blocked for at least one day in the period of the map & you have to read the key to discover which days.
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by grahame at 19:40, 17th August 2025 | |
Aside for other readers - I note that the following week both the South and the North Cotswold are closed for engineering works.
You need to fully check that statement, Graham - the North Cots is only closed as per the thread's subject line - just one week.
Week of 23rd August ...
As shown on the map, both north and south cotswold have all day closures the following week. But reading the detail (and I hadn't done so before) on different days so at least one is open every daytime. I was confused by map - sorry.
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 19:15, 17th August 2025 | |
Aside for other readers - I note that the following week both the South and the North Cotswold are closed for engineering works.
You need to fully check that statement, Graham - the North Cots is only closed as per the thread's subject line - just one week.
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by Oxonhutch at 18:32, 17th August 2025 | |
I would think that from Didcot, that a route via Kemble would be a valid one to University (Birmingham). If there isn't a a closure easement in place (which would surprise me), then all she would be liable for is the difference between the two (route) fares - if there is, indeed, any.
I would welcome other thoughts.
[Crossed with Graham above.]
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by grahame at 18:31, 17th August 2025 | |
My daughter is travelling from Didcot Parkway to University tomorrow and has a ticket that is 'via Evesham'.
Normally this would involve a GWR service direct to Worcestershire Parkway and then a Cross Country service to University.
Given the closure of this route tomorrow can she travel Didcot to Gloucester and then Gloucester to University rather than use the rail replacement bus between Moreton in The Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway?
Normally this would involve a GWR service direct to Worcestershire Parkway and then a Cross Country service to University.
Given the closure of this route tomorrow can she travel Didcot to Gloucester and then Gloucester to University rather than use the rail replacement bus between Moreton in The Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway?
In theory probably not - in practise I don't imagine there would be an issue.
Aside for other readers - I note that the following week both the South and the North Cotswold are closed for engineering works.
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by ray951 at 17:58, 17th August 2025 | |
My daughter is travelling from Didcot Parkway to University tomorrow and has a ticket that is 'via Evesham'.
Normally this would involve a GWR service direct to Worcestershire Parkway and then a Cross Country service to University.
Given the closure of this route tomorrow can she travel Didcot to Gloucester and then Gloucester to University rather than use the rail replacement bus between Moreton in The Marsh and Worcestershire Parkway?
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by grahame at 21:28, 6th August 2025 | |
I think they refer to trains that are stopping at that point.
Had a look on real time trains and you're right of course. Lots of buses to Moreton in Marsh, and to Worcester Shrub Hill and Foregate Street. Really good to see the much wider mix of Cross Country Trains calling and Worcestershire Parkway these days.
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by ChrisB at 21:16, 6th August 2025 | |
I think they refer to trains that are stopping at that point.
| Re: Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by grahame at 20:41, 6th August 2025 | |
"Please note that only CrossCountry trains will be able to stop at Worcestershire Parkway while this engineering work is taking place,"
Missed out on rail replacement buses then?
| Six day rail line closure for track upgrades - 18 to 24 August 2025 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:47, 6th August 2025 | |
From the BBC:
A rail line is to shut for six days to allow tracks along the route to be upgraded or replaced.
Work will take place on the North Cotswolds line, between Worcester Shrub Hill and Moreton-in-Marsh, from 18 to 24 August to "maintain a safe and reliable railway," Network Rail said.
Passengers wanting to get to London can still get a service from Moreton-in-Marsh to Paddington. Some direct services will also run between Hereford and London Paddington, via Cheltenham Spa.
Billy White, GWR station manager, said other train services will be operating between Worcester Shrub Hill or Worcester Foregate Street stations and Hereford during this period. "Please note that only CrossCountry trains will be able to stop at Worcestershire Parkway while this engineering work is taking place," he said. "Customers should also be aware these alternative travel arrangements will make journey times much longer, so please plan ahead."
Track that's reached the end of its working life will be replaced at Honeybourne station and a new walkway will be built for train drivers. Rail will also be replaced near Evesham.
Maintenance work will also take place inside Chipping Campden tunnel, which opened in 1853.
Network Rail programme manager Jason Pankhurst apologised for the temporary closure but said it would benefit passengers "long into the future."
"Our work will ensure the continued safe and reliable running of trains through the Cotswolds," he said.
