Transport and Logistics Network
The car park of one of Somerset’s busiest railway stations will be closed for three months in the new year. Castle Cary[1] railway station handles more than 310,000 passengers a year, according to the Office of Rail and Road, serving the eponymous town…
As Somerset’s population has grown and its road network has become more congested, the future of its remaining rail network has been brought into sharper rail focus.
Some of the former mainline routes have been preserved as heritage lines, including th…
Somerset experienced significant rainfall on Monday (December 4), causing damage to residential properties and businesses, flooding on numerous main roads, disruption to public transport services and missed household waste collections.
The high rainfal…
Severe rain has caused a landslip on a rail line and major road closures which will see motorists and trains delayed until next week. Severe disruption has been felt across the country this week following heavy rain.
And there was major chaos with road…
A major rail line[1] is set to see some of its trains[2] delayed for a week after severe rainfall caused a dangerous landslip.
In parts of south west England, wet weather[3] led to some roads being closed as trains[4] struggled to get in or out of the …
The incident, which happened on Monday, December 4, has led to the railway line between Salisbury and Exeter being closed.
South Western Railway said that the line between Yeovil Junction and Salisbury would be closed until Sunday, December 10 to allo…
Anger has erupted among staff at a Westcountry hospital over ‘massive issues’ with parking.
Staff at North Devon District Hospital, in Barnstaple, say they have to battle it out to find spaces in an overcrowded, “muddy bog” car park. They say they have…
A top Somerset chef has been starring on BBC Masterchef: The Professionals. Ayesha Kalaji, from The Queen of Cups in Glastonbury[1], recently made her debut on the television show.
The Queen of Cups is one of the most highly-rated eateries in Somerset …
A local group has revealed it is “very concerned” about plans to demolish the historic Yeovil bus depot building.
The prominent red brick building on the A30 Reckleford is more than 100 years old and has recently been a base for First Bus – but the sit…
Two men from Somerset have been jailed after officers found the pair with tens of thousands of pounds’ worth of drugs in Yeovil[1]. Kyle Kennedy and Bartosz Gorczyca, both 21, were sentenced today (Friday, November 17) to over nine years between them a…