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Upgrading the and bridge replacement Replacement buses: branch lines Saturday 7 to Tuesday 11 November 2020 • - Looe (non-stop - 25 minutes journey time) (excluding Sunday 8 November) • Liskeard - village - Duloe (for Causeland) - - Looe (40 minutes journey time)

November 2020 What’s happening will be replacing the decking of a bridge Replacement bus stops: between Sandplace and Looe. Improving the structure Station Replacement bus stop location will help to ensure we can keep our trains running Liskeard Platform 3 entrance reliably on this route. St Keyne St Keyne village bus stops by the Wishing Well turning for Lametton Bungalows On Saturday 7, Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 November: Halt (20-minute walk from the station) • The line between Liskeard and Looe will be closed Causeland* Duloe village bus stops by the turning to trains. Buses will replace trains. for the Community Shop • Most buses will leave Liskeard and Looe at the Sandplace Bus stops near the station same time as the normal train timetable, but leave later at intermediate stations. Looe Bus stops outside the station • Journey times on some buses will be longer due to *The walk from Causeland station to Duloe involves a a road closure between Looe and Sandplace. very steep hill. We recommend walking to Sandplace instead which is an easier walk.

Our travel advice • Plan ahead – replacement bus times will be different Travelling to/from Coombe Junction Halt? to normal train times from some stations. As we cannot run our replacement buses to the station, a • Allow plenty of time – journeys involving some taxi will run between Liskeard and Coombe Junction Halt. replacement buses will take longer than others. Customers can request this by using the Help Point at • Wear a face covering – you require one to travel by either station, speaking to staff at Liskeard or by calling public transport. This includes replacement buses. 03457 000 125* • Adhere to social distancing guidelines - We’ll have markers and signs around our stations. *Standard network charges apply. Calls from mobiles may be higher,

Find out more at GWR.com/Upgrade track renewals Replacement buses will run between: For more information Monday 16 to Thursday 19 November 2020 • - (50 minutes) - (65) • Plymouth - Gunnislake (50) - (57) GWR.com/Looe or GWR.com/Gunnislake For full information on either upgrades What’s happening Nationalrail.co.uk Network Rail will be renewing track between Replacement bus stops: For details of all improvement work taking place Victoria Road and Bere Ferrers. This will help Station Replacement bus stop location across the country make the railway more resilient and reduce delays. Bere Alston Station car park Networkrail.co.uk From Monday 16 to Thursday 19 November: Bere Ferrers Bus stop near the Social Club To see how your railway is being improved • Buses will replace trains on all journeys to/from Bere Calstock Bus stop at the junction joining Ferrers, Bere Alston, Calstock and Gunnislake. Lang Gardens and Sand Lane Call National Rail Enquiries on 03457 48 49 50* (24 hour service, calls may be recorded) • An amended service, using trains and replacement Gunnislake Station car park buses, will run from Plymouth to all stations Plymouth Front of the station Call GWR Support on 03457 000 125* between Devonport and St Budeaux Ferry Road. (0600-2300 daily) • Trains can’t call at St Budeaux Victoria Road but Call Network Rail’s 24-hour helpline on more services will call at St Budeaux Ferry Road. 03457 11 41 41* Travelling to/from Plymouth’s suburban stations We will continue to run services to/from Devonport, Follow us on Twitter @GWRHelp and Our travel advice Dockyard, Keyham and St Budeaux Ferry Road by a @networkrailwest or search for GWR on combination of: • Plan ahead – train and replacement bus times will Facebook be different to normal train times. • Making additional calls at these stations with existing services between Plymouth and . Delay Repay • Allow plenty of time – journeys involving a If your train or replacement bus is delayed by replacement bus will take longer than trains. • Running special shuttle services between Plymouth and St Budeaux Ferry Road. 15 minutes or more, you may be able to claim • Wear a face covering – you require one to travel by compensation. public transport. This includes replacement buses. • Running replacement buses (late evening only) To find out more GWR.com/DelayRepay • Adhere to social distancing guidelines - We’ll have Check carefully as train times will be different to normal. markers and signs around our stations.

*Standard network charges apply. Calls from mobiles may be higher.

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