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Easement 701637

Implemented by Great Western Railway (GW)

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During engineering work between 10 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 customers travelling between Theale to Bedwyn inclusive for journeys to and from stations in the area bounded by Westbury, Warminster, Castle Cary, Freshford and Melksham, holding tickets routed Any Permitted are permitted to travel via Reading and Swindon during the disruption. This Local easement applies in both directions.

Electronic easements

This easement has 2 associated electronic records.

Positive

  • Elec. easement 704278 — Local

    From 2026-10-10 to 2026-10-16 on all days

    When…

    • using tickets routed { 00000 ANY PERMITTED 00063 VIA NEWBURY }

    If all of the below apply to the journey:

    • starts at { Aldermaston [AMT] Bedwyn [BDW] Hungerford [HGD] Kintbury [KIT] Midgham [MDG] Newbury [NBY] Newbury Racecourse [NRC] Thatcham [THA] Theale [THE] }
    • ends at { Avoncliff [AVF] Bradford-On-Avon [BOA] Bruton [BRU] Castle Cary [CLC] Dilton Marsh [DMH] Freshford [FFD] Frome [FRO] Melksham [MKM] Trowbridge [TRO] Warminster [WMN] Westbury [WSB] }

    then…

    • the local journey may double-back through { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] } if any of these locations is the overall journey origin or destination, even if it fails the fares check
    • the local part-journey may follow a non-permitted route between the overall journey origin/destination and the origin/destination routeing point if the routeing point is one of { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] }
    • a journey with a common routeing point is valid, even if this is not the shortest journey, if the common routeing point is { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] }
    • a journey which does not have an origin or destination routeing point is valid if the overall journey origin or destination station is { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] }

  • Elec. easement 704279 — Local

    From 2026-10-10 to 2026-10-16 on all days

    When…

    • using tickets routed { 00000 ANY PERMITTED 00063 VIA NEWBURY }

    If all of the below apply to the journey:

    • starts at { Avoncliff [AVF] Bradford-On-Avon [BOA] Bruton [BRU] Castle Cary [CLC] Dilton Marsh [DMH] Freshford [FFD] Frome [FRO] Melksham [MKM] Trowbridge [TRO] Warminster [WMN] Westbury [WSB] }
    • ends at { Aldermaston [AMT] Bedwyn [BDW] Hungerford [HGD] Kintbury [KIT] Midgham [MDG] Newbury [NBY] Newbury Racecourse [NRC] Thatcham [THA] Theale [THE] }

    then…

    • the local journey may double-back through { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] } if any of these locations is the overall journey origin or destination, even if it fails the fares check
    • the local part-journey may follow a non-permitted route between the overall journey origin/destination and the origin/destination routeing point if the routeing point is one of { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] }
    • a journey with a common routeing point is valid, even if this is not the shortest journey, if the common routeing point is { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] }
    • a journey which does not have an origin or destination routeing point is valid if the overall journey origin or destination station is { Newbury [NBY] Reading [RDG] Reading West [RDW] Swindon (Wilts) [SWI] }

Negative

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