West of England Line - Soil Moisture Deficit Update

West of England Line - Soil Moisture Deficit Update - 10 October 2025

Re: West of England Line - Soil Moisture Deficit Update - 10 October 2025

Posted by a-driver at 15:34, 11th October 2025

The graph Network Rail provided in the article in relation to Soil Moisture Deficit levels are for 2022 and then 2025.

I wonder what the Soil Moisture Deficit levels were in 2023, 2023 and 2024? I also can't remember them imposing an emergency timetable in 2022. Is it more a symptom of neglect and poor maintenance/planning rather than just a particularly bad year?

Re: West of England Line - Soil Moisture Deficit Update - 10 October 2025

Posted by IndustryInsider at 07:56, 11th October 2025

Most other lines also suffering from additional TSR’s and/or a distinctly ‘lively’ ride.

West of England Line - Soil Moisture Deficit Update - 10 October 2025

Posted by PhilWakely at 18:25, 10th October 2025

The latest news from SWR and Network Rail about the reduced timetable

and it is not good!

Edit to fix quoting - Grahame

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