Buses replace late night trains between Westbury and Castle Cary from 22:10 on Saturday 11 until 16:00 on Sunday 12 April 

Route(s) affected

Great Western Railway between London Paddington and Paignton / Plymouth / Penzance, and between Gloucester / Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth

South Western Railway between Salisbury and Yeovil Junction

Description

Engineering work is taking place from 22:10 on Saturday until 15:10 on Sunday between Westbury and Castle Cary, closing all lines.

Great Western Railway:

Saturday:

The 22:15 and 23:06 Bristol Temple Meads to Frome will terminate Westbury. A replacement bus service will operate at 23:12 and 00:03 (Sunday) from Westbury to Frome taking 20 minutes.

The 23:16 Frome to Westbury will not run and will be replaced by a bus at 23:37 from Frome to Westbury taking 20 minutes.

Sunday:

Until 10:00:

The 09:00 Westbury to Weymouth will start from Castle Cary. An earlier replacement bus will depart from Westbury, Frome and Bruton to connect into the train.

The 08:01 Weymouth to Cardiff Central will terminate Castle Cary (and restart Westbury). A replacement bus will depart from Castle Cary, Bruton and Frome to Westbury for later rail connection to Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central.

From 10:00 until approximately 15:00:

Trains between Bristol Temple Meads / Swindon and Frome / Weymouth will terminate / start at Westbury.

Trains between Westbury and Frome will not run.

A replacement bus service will operate between Westbury and Frome taking 25 minutes.

Trains will then operate between Frome and stations to / from Weymouth.

After 15:00:

An additional train will run at 15:10 from Westbury to Weymouth, also the 16:05 Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads service will start from Westbury.

South Western Railway:

Buses will replace trains between:

• Westbury and Castle Cary

Check before you travel:

You can plan your journey using the National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner

Replacement bus travel advice:

For helpful advice if you need to travel on a rail replacement service, including accessibility and bicycle information, please use our Rail Replacement Services page.

You can find the pick-up and set-down location of rail replacement services by checking station signage or by searching for your station on our Find a Station page.

Please be advised that replacement vehicles may be busier than usual, and you should allow extra time for your journey.