Disruption at Salisbury expected until 15:00 

Route(s) affected

Great Western Railway between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour, and also between Bristol Temple Meads and Salisbury / Southampton Central

South Western Railway between London Waterloo and Salisbury / Gillingham (Dorset) / Yeovil Pen Mill / Yeovil Junction / Honiton / Exeter St Davids, between Salisbury and Gillingham (Dorset) / Yeovil Pen Mill / Yeovil Junction / Romsey, and also Salisbury circular services

Description

A points failure at Salisbury means that all lines are blocked. As a result, trains running to / from and through this station may be delayed by up to 45 minutes or revised.

Disruption is expected until 15:00.

South Western Railway customer advice:

Your ticket can be used, at no extra cost, on the following services:

• Great Western Railway services between

  • Exeter St Davids and London Paddington in both directions

  • Salisbury and Westbury in both directions

  • Basingstoke and Reading in both directions

• Stagecoach on routes:

  • 1 and 1A between Exeter Central and Pinhoe

  • 4 between Exeter St Davids, Exeter Central and Cranbrook

  • 4A and route H between Exeter St Davids and Exeter Central

  • 9 and route 44 between Exeter Central and Honiton

  • 44A between Exeter Central, Honiton and Axminster

  • P between Pinhoe and Exeter Central

• First Bus route 58 between Yeovil Pen Mill, Sherborne and Templecombe

• South West Coaches route CR5 between Yeovil Junction, Sherborne, Frome and Dorchester South

• Salisbury Reds route 26 between Salisbury and Tisbury

South Western Railway are arranging bus ticket acceptance for you to be able to use your ticket at no extra cost with local bus operators between Salisbury and Exeter St Davids. We will let you know when this is in place.

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:

Engineers are on site, investigating the issue.

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.