Soil Moisture Deficit timetable amendments

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Temporary timetable for Dorchester and Weymouth services

From Monday 3 August 2026, services for Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester and Weymouth will run to a temporary timetable until further notice. Trains towards London will depart Weymouth and Dorchester a few minutes earlier than previously timetabled

The temporary timetables are available to download:

Temporary timetable for West of England line services

From Monday 10 August 2026, services between London Waterloo, Yeovil Junction and Exeter St Davids will run to a temporary timetable until further notice. In particular, please note the train service between Yeovil Jct and Exeter (serving Crewkerne and Axminster) will only run every two hours

To make it easier to complete your journey there are also alternative ticket acceptance arrangements in place. Find out more about these arrangements and refunds here

The temporary timetables are available to download:

Replacement Bus services

To help students with their journeys to local schools and colleges bus services will be provided between Axminster, Feniton and Exeter starting on Tuesday 1 September, as follows:

Service
Calling points
0742 Feniton to Exeter St Davids
Whimple (0802), Cranbrook (0812), Pinhoe (0820), Exeter Central (0834), and Exeter St David’s (0839) 
0836 Axminster to Exeter St Davids
Honiton (0856), Exeter Central (0940), and Exeter St David’s (0945)
1645 Exeter St Davids to Axminster
Exeter Central (1658), Honiton (1748), and Axminster (1808)
1649 Exeter St Davids to Feniton
Exeter Central (1702), Pinhoe (1722), Cranbrook (1732), Whimple (1742), and Feniton (1757)


Revised train times

To help customers travelling to Exeter the 0640 service from Salisbury to Exeter St Davids is re-timed to arrive before 0900

This service will now depart Salisbury at 0630, calling at Tisbury (0644), Gillingham (0658), Templecombe (0708), Sherborne (0717), Yeovil Junction (0724), Crewkerne (0737), Axminster (0757), Honiton (0812), Feniton (0818), Whimple (0824) Cranbrook (0829), Pinhoe (0833) Exeter Central (0843), and Exeter St Davids (0846)

The 0755 service from Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo will also be re-timed and will depart Exeter St Davids at the earlier time of 0739