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« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2023, 22:25:14 »

The two GWR (Great Western Railway) lines to the Southwest appear to be open again today.

Latest on the line closure between Yeovil and Exeter in a new thread:

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=28214.0

Not entirely correct as the B&H (Berks and Hants - railway line from Reading to Taunton via Westbury) line was flooded at Athelney for much of the day services diverted via Bristol Temple Meads.
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