Drone footage reveals major flood damage to Shrewsbury to Welshpool train line
A major train line will be closed for several weeks after flood water of "biblical proportions" caused significant damage to rail track.
The Shrewsbury to Newtown stretch of the Cambrian line will be closed for the foreseeable future as a result of the damage, with a bus replacement service set to operate between the towns.
The damage has been caused to a stretch of the line just outside Welshpool on the way to Newtown, where large parts of the earth supporting the track have been washed away.
Engineers have been on site near Welshpool since Tuesday, using drones and specialist equipment to assess the scale of the damage.
In at least 12 locations along half a mile, ballast – the stones supporting the track – has been completely washed away by the force of the floodwater caused by Storm Franklin.
