'Essential' rail works mean disruption in May

Rail improvement work is likely to mean travel disruption this month.

The project is set to affect services between Aberystwyth, Shrewsbury, Llandrindod and Hereford in the period from this Friday until 22 May.

Network Rail said the work was "essential" and needed to be carried out before new trains entered service later this year.

As well as carrying out work on tracks, Network Rail said the programme would involve cutting back plants and making improvements to level crossings, drainage and a bridge in Shrewsbury.

It said with the introduction of Class 197 trains on the Cambrian line later this year, the work would "help maintain a safe and reliable railway for both passenger and freight services in the future".

It said it planned to have the line fully reopened in time for May half term and said buses would be brought in to replace affected trains.

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