Comments | zodiacs_cat: Update re water situation

zodiacs_cat

Update re water situation

Jul 23, 2007 16:23

Well, for the whole of this morning the lines between Gloucester and Worcester, and Hereford and Worcester were closed. Late this afternoon the line between Gloucester and Worcester reopened, but the line between Gloucester and Cardiff is now flooded at Lydney and there is an unreliable taxi service that may run to get past the flooding... So we're ( Read more... )

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toffeejedi July 23 2007, 15:29:49 UTC

Well, at least you guys are dry.

Hope you get home soon :)

wolven86 July 23 2007, 16:32:21 UTC

Well good luck to you! Hope it all clears up soon.

ironjawa July 23 2007, 18:02:22 UTC

You could try taking a train down to Bristol and changing at either Parkway or Temple Meads. That would bypass Lydney, but won't help if the Severn Tunnel is closed. The only other option that springs to mind is heading to Shrewsbury from Birmingham and onto Cardiff from there.

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ironjawa July 23 2007, 21:22:01 UTC

Actually it looks like the Severn Tunnel is open, so that's probably the quickest way home.

zodiacs_cat July 24 2007, 11:12:53 UTC

All the trains out of Worcester are not running. Shrewsbury may be open, but we can't get there from here. The Network Rail website is the one I'm watching for what's shut down - the Beeb hasn't been much use for the trains.

lawyer_laws July 23 2007, 18:28:40 UTC

Boy are we glad we moved at the moment! Think we'd be one of the ones without water and maybe without power!

Hope you get back to Cardiff, safe and dry soon!

Amy