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✅Trains are running again through Pewsey after we completed a track upgrade 🔀We've replaced two crossing units, so trains can continue to change lines safely 🛤️A mile of new rail will also keep @GWRHelp journeys smooth and reliable on the mainline between Reading and Taunton
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🦺Our teams are working near Pewsey on the mainline between Reading & Taunton 🛠️ Two new crossing units are being installed to continue to allow trains to change tracks smoothly and safely 🛤️A mile of new rail is also being laid to help keep @GWRHelp journeys safe and reliable
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⛏️ Work in Pill has moved to the next stage as we rebuild the railway from Portishead to Bristol. ⌛We're now 70% of the way there in our preparation to build a new station at Pill. 🎥 See what we've been up to recently...
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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.
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🚩A small milestone reached on our way to rebuilding the Portishead to Bristol railway. 🔨Garages next to Avon Road railway bridge in Pill have been demolished. 🌉This helps create space for a new railway bridge, carrying two tracks, to be built next spring.
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🚆 Trains are back Slough ↔️ Windsor & Eton Central after the last of our 3 weekend track renewals. 🛤️ We've been replacing points & track on the western side of Slough station. 🛠️ It's vital maintenance for safe & reliable journeys. ℹ️ Check GWR.com/upgrade @GWRHelp
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👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ We're doing the final section of track renewal work on the west side of Slough station today. 🛠️ We've been replacing points & plain track in the area over 3 weekends for safe & reliable journeys. ℹ️ Check GWR.com/upgrade @GWRHelp
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👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ We finish our track renewals on the west side of Slough station this weekend. 🛠️ It's the last of 3 weekends of essential track work for the continued safe & reliable running of the railway. ℹ️ Trains affected Sunday only. Check GWR.com/upgrade @GWRHelp
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⚒️Our work continues in Pill as we rebuild the railway from Portishead to Bristol 🌉We're creating space for a new railway bridge that can carry two lines 🛤️All the old track between Portishead and Pill has now been removed, ready for new track to be laid next year
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On a busy weekend of planned activity, sports and music events across England, Scotland and Wales, our officers will be out across the network to keep you safe. Violence and criminality will not be tolerated. If you see anything suspicious text us on 61016.
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🛠️Work in Pill is in full swing to rebuild the railway from Portishead to Bristol ⛏️The cuttings alongside the railway are being excavated and then strengthened with steel rods 🚉It's to create space for a second railway line and a platform for the new Pill station
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🚪Bristol Temple Meads new @TempleQuarter Eastern Entrance is open. 🎉 Double celebrations as the new @BristolUni Enterprise Campus opened alongside. ℹ️ Connecting Bristol Temple Meads to the east of the city, 2.5m people will use the entrance by 2030 @WestofEnglandCA
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🚪Bristol Temple Meads new @TempleQuarter Eastern Entrance opens 4pm today 🎉 🎓 It connects the station to the new @BristolUni Enterprise Campus & East Bristol. 📷Construction ran summer '21 & thru '23/'24. Fit out complete this year alongside the campus. @WestofEnglandCA
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🎬 Check out our construction video for the Eastern Entrance at Bristol Temple Meads. 👍It shows the full process from extending the passenger subway in Summer 2021 up to installation of the ticket gates in May 2026 WestofEnglandCA
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⏳️ 4pm today the new @TempleQuarter Eastern Entrance opens at Bristol Temple Meads 🎉 🎓 It opens onto the new @BristolUni Enterprise Campus linking the station to east Bristol ℹ️ By 2030, 2.5m people a year will use the entrance @WestofEnglandCA
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These images from today's lineside fire, which caused significant disruption to services in and out of London Paddington, show what our engineers, and firefighters from @LondonFire, had to deal with. Disruption is likely to continue into Sunday so please check before travelling.
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A lineside fire near Old Oak Common has been extinguished, but disruption between London Paddington-Reading will continue for the rest of the day. We're sorry for the significant delays and disruption this has caused customers. Please continue to check before you travel.
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The fire brigade is dealing with a fire which has caused a loss of power to overhead power cables between London Paddington-West Ealing. This has blocked all lines between Paddington-Reading and disruption is expected until the end of the day. Please check before you travel.
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