Heavy rain may impact your journey in southern Wales and south west England on Monday 9 February 

Route(s) affected

Various routes across southern Wales and south west England

Description

The Met Office have issued yellow weather warnings for heavy rain on Monday 9 February. These warnings cover parts of southern Wales and south west England.

Please check your journey in full before you travel and allow more time for your journey on the affected date.

A visual disruption map video is available.

• Heavy rain can overwhelm drainage systems, flooding tracks and slowing down trains

• Water runs off hard ground onto the tracks, while ballast can wash away, destabilising the track

• Heavy rain can also short-circuit power supplies for trains and cause signalling equipment to fail

• Speed restrictions may be implemented to ensure trains are able to run safely on the railway

Current known disruptions due to the poor weather:

• Buses replace trains between Exeter St Davids and Okehampton / Barnstaple

• Road transport replaces train between Liskeard and Looe

Check before you travel:

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

Please take note of any service updates that may be showing with a warning triangle on your displayed journeys.

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.