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Essential track renewals and maintenance work will take place from early November, helping to improve the safety, reliability and resilience of the railway across west Wales.

Rail passengers across Wales are being urged to check before travelling from Friday 23 October and throughout the weekend, with precautionary changes being made to some train services ahead of severe weather.

Passengers are being advised to plan ahead as essential track renewals and maintenance takes place between Cardiff and Bridgend via Barry, this October.

Network Rail’s Wales and Borders route has become the first in the organisation to install local weather stations on existing GSM-R railway communication masts, providing more accurate, real-time information to help teams respond to severe weather.

Network Rail and Transport for Wales (TfW) join forces once again to protect rail infrastructure, with the Met Office forecasting an increased chance of wetter and windier than average conditions this autumn and winter.

New data reveals trespass including incidents of cable theft, vandalism and obstruction severely impacted passenger journeys and contributed £2.5 million in delay costs to the industry in 2025/26.

This once-in-a-generation programme will deliver years’ worth of improvements during a four-week railway closure in January 2027.

The railway between Craven Arms and Llandrindod Wells will be closed for five days from Monday 28 September while Network Rail carries out a programme of essential work on the line.