Castle Cary-Dorchester rail line closed next week | Somerset County Gazette
RAIL passengers are being warned of train delays when the line between Castle Cary and Dorchester West is shut for five days next week.
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RAIL passengers are being warned of train delays when the line between Castle Cary and Dorchester West is shut for five days next week.
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Essential maintenance on Heart of Wessex line to begin in February. Picture: Network Rail COMMUTERS are being warned of train delays when the line between Dorchester West and Castle Cary is shut for five days in February for vital repairs. Buses will replace trains between the two stations from Monday, February 15 and Friday, February 19, while engineers carry out works to help maintain reliability on the Bristol to Weymouth line, also known as the ‘Heart of Wessex’ line. South of Yeovil Pen Mill station, engineers will remove loose material from the rockface of the railway cutting,...
Essential maintenance on Heart of Wessex line to begin in February. Picture: Network Rail COMMUTERS are being warned of train delays when the line between Dorchester West and Castle Cary is shut for five days in February for vital repairs. Buses will replace trains between the two stations from Monday, February 15 and Friday, February 19, while engineers carry out works to help maintain reliability on the Bristol to Weymouth line, also known as the ‘Heart of Wessex’ line. South of Yeovil Pen Mill station, engineers will remove loose material from the rockface of the railway cutting,...