The Wire · Rail

West Wales railway shuts for 8 days in November, check your journey

By Anthony at GridteamAI

Network Rail will close the line between Whitland and Pembroke for eight days, from 23:30 on 6 November to 05:45 on 14 November. Crews will renew about 1,800 metres of track and 500 metres of rail, and replace the points and junctions at Tenby, the kit that lets trains switch and cross between tracks, along with the bearers that support them. They'll also lay about 900 metres of new continuously welded rail at Llanion, track without the regular joints that make older rail clatter. Expect two further weekend closures, on 1-2 and 15-16 November, to shut all lines west of Carmarthen so crews can replace the points, junctions and bearers at Whitland too.