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🌦️A @networkrail first!
🚨We’ve installed 10 local weather stations on railway communication masts across Wales & Borders giving our teams real-time data to better prepare for severe weather and reduce disruption.
🎥Amanda, one of our Seasons Delivery Managers, explains...
Full story👉networkrailmediacentre.co.uk…
🌦️We can’t control the weather - but we can prepare for it!
From flooding to high winds 💨 and extreme heat 🌡️, we’re investing in technology and planning for a changing climate to help keep Wales and Borders moving safely and reliably.
🎥See how we prepare for extreme weather
🍂🌧️The weather is changing and our autumn preparations are in full swing!
With the @metoffice forecasting an increased chance of wetter and windier than average conditions, we've joined forces with @transport_wales to protect rail infrastructure.
More👉tinyurl.com/uw5ewbh7
Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau retweeted
🚆 UPDATE: @GWRHelp & @CrossCountryUK services between Reading & Swindon will return to normal on Thursday (24 Sept) after SGN & National Gas repaired the gas leak nr Didcot. Some short-notice changes may still occur, please check before you travel. More: tinyurl.com/2b5kupud
Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau retweeted
We're sorry for disruption to journeys caused by the gas leak near the railway in Didcot. We're working closely with SGN, @GWRHelp & @CrossCountryUK and will provide an update on tomorrow's train service later this evening. Please check before you travel. tinyurl.com/bexe52p2
⚠️This incident near Didcot is impacting rail services from South Wales towards London on the main line.
Some trains are still running, but diversions are in place and journeys may take longer.
ℹ️Please check before you travel @GWRHelp @nationalrailenq
We’re sorry if your journey has been affected by the gas leak near Didcot.
Railway teams are working to keep customers moving; disruption expected until at least the end of today.
📹Watch Marcus Jones explain what’s happening & check gwr.com/check before travelling.
💪Built in 1826 🚆Still carrying trains in 2026...
This week we celebrated 200 years of Bassaleg Viaduct, in Newport.
The second oldest operational railway bridge in the world!
Not a bad track record...😉
#Railway200 #SouthWales #BasselegViaduct
⚠️Travelling between Cardiff and Bridgend?
The railway via Pontyclun will be closed for essential improvements to boost train service reliability on:
📅 19-21 & 26–28 September
📅 17–19 October
Please plan ahead and check before you travel at @nationalrailenq
#NetworkRail
💚We loved our recent volunteer day at Cardiff Central station handing out 'Emily the Engineer' activity booklets to young passengers!
👷Who knows…we might just have met some of our future engineers!
🔗Free digital activity books👇
tinyurl.com/NRactbooks
#NetworkRail
❓Are you travelling in North West Wales today?
🌧️We're expecting heavy rain through the day.
Please check your travel plans before heading out at @nationalrailenq @tfwrail
🚦Could you help keep the Wales and Borders railway moving?
We’re launching a three-year recruitment drive to build the next generation of our Wales and Borders Control team.
Book to meet the team and hear more about the roles 👉tinyurl.com/uwuwr7jx
🎙️ New Podcast Episode: How Data is Helping Keep Wales Moving
Hear how teams in South Wales are using technology to predict issues, improve reliability and keep passengers moving.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/46PZigs
#MoreThanARailway #NetworkRail #RailInnovation
Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau retweeted
ℹ️#Holyhead - Disruption is expected until 12:30.
Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau retweeted
⚠️NEW - Disruption between Holyhead and Llandudno Junction expected until 08:45
The emergency services dealing with an incident between #Holyhead and Llandudno Junction. Whilst they attend, all lines are blocked. Trains running between these stations may be delayed by up to 60 minutes, cancelled or revised.
nationalrail.co.uk/service-d…
👷♂️ Alex was on site at Hawarden Swing Bridge to see first-hand, how our teams are strengthening this 135-year-old structure to keep trains moving safely and reliably.
We'd like to thank the community and passengers for their patience while we carry out the work.
#engineering
🌧️☀️We all love talking about the weather, but for Nicola, our Reliability Improvement Specialist, it’s much more than small talk!
🚆At our Wales Control Centre, her team uses clever tech and real-time data to help keep trains moving safely - whatever the weather
Meet Nicola👇
👀Let's take a peek behind the scenes with Heledd!
🛤️She's out at Gobowen, where our teams are hard at work upgrading drainage systems that will help reduce flooding and keep the railway moving.
Travelling soon? Check before you travel 👉 tfw.wales/ #engineering
👷♀️Work is underway at Gobowen, where we're renewing drainage systems to help tackle local flooding and build a more reliable, resilient railway.
📅Planning a journey between 17 and 31 August?
Check before you travel 👉 tfw.wales
#Railway #Engineering
👷♀️Mae gwaith yn mynd rhagddo yng Ngobowen, lle rydym yn adnewyddu systemau draenio er mwyn helpu i fynd i’r afael â llifogydd lleol ac adeiladu rheilffordd fwy dibynadwy a chydnerth.
📅Yn bwriadu teithio rhwng 17 a 31 Awst?
Gwiriwch cyn teithio 👉tfw.wales
