Following heavy rain overnight there have been several incidents affecting the line between Salisbury and Exeter today, 21st October 2021.
Flooding was reported at Gillingham this morning. There's been problems with lineside vegetation at Tisbury. And there's been a possible landslip between Chard Junction and Crewkerne.
All of this has led to numerous cancellations, effectively leaving many people at intermediate stations with no practical service. There has been no replacement road transport provided by
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From SWR:
What's Going On:
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 17:00 21/10.
What We're Doing About It:
A band of strong winds and heavy rain moved across our network yesterday which resulted in parts of the railway being flooded between Exeter and Salisbury.
The line is currently blocked at Crewekerne whilst a safety inspection takes place.
Tickets are currently being accepted on the following services:
Great Western Railway services between Salisbury, Yeovil Pen Mill and Exeter St Davids via Westbury.
If you have a ticket for travel today between Exeter St David's and Salisbury on South Western Railway this can be used tomorrow (Friday 22 October).
To assist you with your journey your ticket will be accepted, at no extra cost to yourself, on the following services:
- Stagecoach bus routes 4, 4a, 9 and 9a between Exeter and Axminster via Honiton
For further information or onward travel advice please speak to a member of staff or use a station help point
We are very sorry for any delay that this may cause to your journey.
I've recently returned by bus to Templecombe from an appointment in Yeovil. Bus nearly full to Sherborne. The service into Yeovil this morning was 'full' on leaving Sherborne. Fortunately there were no further passengers waiting to board between Sherborne and Yeovil Bus Station.
