Travel Disruption
Delays & Disruption
Train delays in Wiltshire can sometimes happen as your journey may be disrupted by planned or even unplanned events, such as engineering works, or failure, incidents etc.
If you intend to travel over a weekend, it is often wise to check the relevant railway company website.
Planned Train Engineering Works in Wiltshire
Sometimes it is necessary to carry out engineering works at quieter times to ensure that the railway continues to operate safely. Please visit the operator websites to check for any planned engineering works, particularly over weekends or late at night, which could affect your travel.
Train Delays in Wiltshire
Delays are very frustrating, which is why the company that look after the track and infrastructure, Network Rail, do everything they can to prevent them and work together with Train Operating Companies such as Great Western Railway, and South Western Railway, to provide information that is useful and up-to-date to travellers.
Around 60 per cent of passenger delays are attributed to Network Rail. As well as infrastructure faults, this includes delays caused by vandalism, cable theft, weather and trespass, which account for around 20 per cent of the total.
Every four weeks Network Rail publish passenger train performance figures which are available to view for Great Western Railway and South Western Railway here.
In the unfortunate circumstance that you experience train delays in Wiltshire, find out more about any compensation or refund that you may be due here.
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