Disruption between Castle Cary and Westbury expected until 09:00 

Route(s) affected

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

South Western Railway between Yeovil Pen Mill and London Waterloo

Description

A fault on a train at Bruton means that some lines are blocked. As a result, trains running between Castle Cary and Westbury may be delayed by up to 50 minutes or revised.

Where possible, some Great Western Railway services may divert via an alternative route extending journey times.

Disruption is expected until 09:00.

Great Western Railway customer advice:

If you are at Castle Cary / Bruton / Frome you are advised to board the next available service to Taunton and change for services towards Bristol and onwards to London Paddington.

If you are at Westbury travelling to Reading / London Paddington you are advised to board the next available service to Bath Spa and change for alternative services.

You may use your ticket onboard First Bus route D2 between Frome and Bath at no extra cost.

South Western Railway customer advice:

It is not known when the line is meant to open, until then there may be delays and short notice alterations in the area.

If you need any help with your journey, please speak to a member of staff or use a station help point.

If you would prefer to use local buses to continue your journey please check Traveline. South Western Railway tickets are not valid on local buses unless stated above.

Additional information:

An engineer has been deployed to the broken down train.

Check before you travel:

You can check your journey using the National Rail Enquiries real-time Journey Planner.

Compensation:

You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.