FROME-bound train users will need to rely on a rail replacement service due to a number of improvement projects.

Buses will replace trains between Westbury and Frome/Castle Cary, between Castle Cary and Taunton, and between Swindon and Pewsey due to improvement work on March 31 and April 7.

Parking will also be reduced at Castle Cary station ahead of the Easter period, Great Western Railway warns. To finish the works on the new, additional parking, access to the new car park off Station Road will be closed from Friday, March 22 until Monday, April 8.

A number of parking bays also need to be used in the main station car park ahead of rail improvement work on Sundays 31 March and 7 April.

Jordan Welsby, GWR station Manager for Westbury, Wiltshire and Dorset, said: “These works will allow our customers to access the entrance to the new car park from Station Road, plus complete any final snagging works needed at Castle Cary.

“We also need to provide rail replacement services as well as accommodation for train crew in the main station car park.

“We are really sorry for this temporary inconvenience, but the result will be improved car parking at the station, plus maintaining our train services for customers.”