Welsh Marches Engineering

[keithboddey]

I see no trains are running on the Marches line this Sunday.(27th Sep)

Does anyone know where / what is happening?

 

[The Planner]

I see no trains are running on the Marches line this Sunday.(27th Sep)

Does anyone know where / what is happening?

Re railing around Pontrilas, point work at Panteg, tamping at Little Mill and some LC work at Tram Inn apparently.

 

[keithboddey]

nothing North of Hereford...and yet you have to catch a bus from Shreswbury

 

[PHILIPE]

nothing North of Hereford...and yet you have to catch a bus from Shreswbury

There's probably some other work taking place

 

[The Planner]

nothing North of Hereford...and yet you have to catch a bus from Shreswbury

Missed that out, re-railing around Shelwick/Moreton on Lugg, Ludlow and Craven Arms. Stoneblowing at Craven Arms. Drainage work at Wooferton.

 

[Envoy]

Surely not the best of Sundays to have The Marches shut down when students are returning to universities and Cross Country can’t be bothered to run a full service on their Nottingham to Cardiff route - which would be an alternative way?

 

[The Planner]

Surely not the best of Sundays to have The Marches shut down when students are returning to universities and Cross Country can’t be bothered to run a full service on their Nottingham to Cardiff route - which would be an alternative way?

This work was likely planned 18-24 months ago in collaboration with TfW, they could have easily said "Universities are going back, can we do it another week" based on their knowledge of their traffic flows.

 

[John R]

The Universities spread their return dates, so not just one weekend. And then it’s we can’t do five weekends in Oct/Nov because of the autumn internationals at Cardiff (as would have been envisaged during the planning process). And don’t forget half term, again normally spread over two weeks between authorities, so three weekends in total.

 

[1955LR]

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[craigybagel]

Re railing around Pontrilas, point work at Panteg, tamping at Little Mill and some LC work at Tram Inn apparently.

Tram Inn is getting resignalled - as well as work on the level crossing itself all the semaphores are getting replaced with colour lights and rationalised.

Surely not the best of Sundays to have The Marches shut down when students are returning to universities and Cross Country can’t be bothered to run a full service on their Nottingham to Cardiff route - which would be an alternative way?

There's never a good day - whatever day you pick there will always be some issue, especially as when this was planned originally they would have had rugby crowds for the autumn internationals to worry about, which produce a lot more traffic then returning university students.