Major disruption during urgent train track repairs

Train services are being cancelled and delayed due to a track defect on a main rail line.

National Rail said urgent repairs were being carried out on Friday morning to the track at Exeter St Davids, meaning "all lines are blocked", with disruption expected until 12:00 GMT and delays of up to 60 minutes.

Train services between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth via Newton Abbot may be cancelled, delayed or revised, as well as services into Cornwall, according to Great Western Railway (GWR).

The train operator said it was working with Network Rail to return to running its normal timetable as soon as possible.

• Cross Country between Plymouth and Derby/Leeds/York/Newcastle/Glasgow Central/Edinburgh/Aberdeen
• Cross Country between Paignton and Manchester Piccadilly
• Great Western Railway between Penzance and Exeter St Davids/London Paddington
• Great Western Railway between Paignton and Exmouth/London Paddington
• Great Western Railway between Exeter Central and Barnstaple/Okehampton
• Great Western Railway between Exeter St Davids and Cardiff Central
• South Western Railway between Exeter St Davids and London Waterloo

GWR added: "We have had reports of a track defect in the Exeter St Davids area.

"If a small defect in the rail gets bigger from repeated bending and pressure as trains pass over it, it can break."

Services between Exeter St Davids and Paignton via Newton Abbot may also be cancelled, delayed or revised.

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