FLASH flooding over the weekend has led to disruption on rail services in Gwent - with damages causing one line to be closed until next week.

Parts of the track at Pontrilas, Herefordshire, were washed away by the flash flooding, meaning no services ran between Abergavenny and Hereford on Monday.

Network Rail has said there will be no services on this line until Monday, November 4, as work is completed at six separate locations north of Abergavenny.

Engineers will be working on replacing 500 tonnes of ballast and 300 tonnes of track foundations that were washed away in the floods.

South Wales Argus:

A rail replacement service is now in operation.

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Tickets for travel between Newport and Hereford will be accepted on services via Birmingham and Bristol Parkway.

South Wales Argus:

Chris Pearce, Network Rail’s head of operations delivery, said: “Significant damaged was caused to the railway line and our engineers are working day and night to carry out these essential repairs and reopen the line as soon as possible.

“We would like to thank passengers for their patience and to also thank our staff and partners at Transport for Wales who worked tirelessly over the weekend in very difficult conditions to keep passengers moving as efficiently and as safely as possible.”

South Wales Argus:

Transport for Wales customer experience director Colin Lea said: “This weekend saw significant flooding in parts of our network and damage to the Marches line between Abergavenny and Hereford.

“We are able to get some services from Newport to Abergavenny and back, while supporting these with an additional coach service between Newport and Hereford.

“Together with our partners in Network Rail we have been working incredibly hard to minimise the disruption all around the network and we will be continuing to work closely together to manage the impact of disruption between North and South Wales over the coming days. Customers should continue to check before traveling.”