Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau

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[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

💪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

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

⚠️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

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

💚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👇

https://t.co/8fEytzHX7y

#NetworkRail

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

❓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

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

🚦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 👉https://t.co/fGRDLkTWEy

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

🎙️ 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: https://t.co/67yotO5DD1

#MoreThanARailway #NetworkRail #RailInnovation

[National Rail @nationalrailenq]

ℹ️#Holyhead - Disruption is expected until 12:30.

[National Rail @nationalrailenq]

⚠️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.

https://t.co/nbBRWrRAxk

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

👷‍♂️ 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

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

🌧️☀️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👇

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👀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 👉 https://t.co/PG8298PCtQ #engineering

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

👷‍♀️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 👉https://t.co/Pl65xenbTm

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

👷‍♀️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 👉 https://t.co/Pl65xenbTm
#Railway #Engineering

[Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail @tfwrail]

📢If you're travelling from Cardiff city centre after 16:45, queuing systems will be in place.

➡️Cardiff Queen Street
For services to the Valleys and Vale of Glamorgan

➡️Cardiff Central
For all other destinations

ℹ️https://t.co/w8W3cTbmrb

[Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail @tfwrail]

⚠️NEW: Due to a fault with the signalling system between Chepstow and Cheltenham Spa, services will be delayed by up to 25 minutes or cancelled in both directions between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa.

Disruption to services is expected from 09:00 until 17:30.

[Network Rail @networkrail]

🚄 Travelling by train in the hot weather? ☀️

🚰 Carry water and stay hydrated. Water fountains are available at Britain's biggest railway stations. Ask staff if you need help finding one.

#HotRailway #TravelAdvice #Summer

[Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail @tfwrail]

⚠️ Service change - Shrewsbury and Birmingham

Due to high temperatures, most TfW services between Shrewsbury and Birmingham will be cancelled on 12 & 13 August.

🎫 Ticket acceptance with @WestMidRailway

🔗https://t.co/cQsUCGbby6

🚆@NetworkRailWAL

[Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail @tfwrail]

☀️ Travel advice during hot weather

💧 Stay hydrated
🧢 Wear suitable clothing and sunscreen
⚠️ If you feel unwell, speak to staff or do not travel
⏱️ Check before you travel

🔗https://t.co/eiIdeT3etM or https://t.co/CfLjx3m7Sr

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

Coming up:
🌉 Hawarden Swing Bridge improvements
🚧 Drainage work in Gobowen

🗓️ Closing all lines between Wrexham and Bidston and some lines between Wrexham and Shrewsbury, from Sunday 16 to Sunday 30 August

👉 Check before you travel: https://t.co/qsuZWaKnDR

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

@nationalrailenq @transport_wales @GWRHelp @CrossCountryUK @networkrail

[Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau @NetworkRailWAL]

📹Final update from site📹

We’re in the final stages of our recovery operation following the lineside fire between Newport and Cardiff, with all four lines due to reopen on Saturday 8 August.

🙏A huge thank you to our dedicated teams and to everyone for bearing with us.