Key Shropshire railway line to be closed for three days next weekend for 'essential' work

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel on trains over the Bank Holiday due to "essential" work on the track.Network Rail is set to replace more than 260 metres of track, including switches than send trains from one track to another, near Wem over the May Bank Holiday weekend.Buses will replace trains between Shrewsbury and Crewe from Saturday, May 25 to Monday, May 27. The service impacted stops at Yorton, Wem, Prees, Whitchurch, Wrenbury, Nantwich and Crewe.

There will be a walking diversion via the footbridge between Isherwood Way and Aston Road for the duration of the works. Trains that usually run via Nantwich will be amended to run via Wrexham/Chester instead. Buses will replace trains between Shrewsbury and Crewe via Nantwich and a shuttle train service will run between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

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