'Failing' Waterloo-Exeter line 'sorely in need of investment' as study recommends key improvements

17/01/2025

One of the oldest Salisbury-based Class 159 diesel trains, 159106, at Gillingham station in Dorset on 14 January. SWR says the 35-year-old fleet will be life-expired soon after 2030. BBC/PAUL CLIFTON.

The railway linking London and the South West is “sorely in need of investment” to offset the cancellation of major road projects, a new study finds.

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