Saturday Extreme Weather Update: Abergavenny to Hereford Line Reopened

Published on : Saturday, February 22, 2020

Network Rail has made additional progress in repairing the railway network across the Wales and Borders route following Storm Ciara, Storm Dennis and additional rainfall this week.

 

The Abergavenny to Hereford line reopened earlier this morning (Saturday), ahead of the Wales V France game. The only other lines affected is the line between Abercynon and Aberdare, with partial reopening due on Monday morning, and the Conwy Valley Line in north Wales. All other closed lines have now reopened.

 

As of this morning (Saturday 22 February), the affected lines include:

 

• Aberdare Line: Closed. Due to reopen (Abercynon – Mountain Ash) 0500 (5am) Monday (Mountain Ash – Aberdare tbc)
• Conwy Valley Line: Closed. More information next week

Reopened lines this week:

• Abergavenny – Hereford Line: Reopened
• Ebbw Vale Line: Reopened
• Treherbert Line: Reopened
• Heart of Wales Line: Reopened
• Shrewsbury – Machynlleth (Cambrian Line): Reopened
• Machynlleth – Aberystwyth (Cambrian Line): Reopened
• Machynlleth – Pwllheli (Cambrian Line): Reopened
• Heart of Wales Line: Reopened
• Merthyr Line (Pontypridd – Merthyr): Reopened
• Rhymney Line (Bargoed – Rhymney): Reopened

 

 

Source:- Network Rail

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