Overview

• Trains between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids now run every two hours, restoring service to Crewkerne under a reduced timetable.
• Replacement bus services operate between Yeovil Junction and Axminster, calling at Crewkerne to cover the closed station section.
• A 40mph speed restriction replaces the usual 85mph limit over about 12 miles of track above drought-shrunken clay embankments.
• Spring 2025 recorded the least rainfall since 1976 and highest temperatures since 1910, causing soil moisture deficits that undermined embankment stability.
• Network Rail and South Western Railway engineers are monitoring ground moisture levels before undertaking lasting embankment repairs and a full timetable return.