| Badgers at Hayle Posted by GBM at 09:19, 17th November 2025 |     |
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Cancellations to services between Plymouth and Penzance
Due to a safety inspection of the track at Hayle some lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until 12:00 17/11.
Train services between Plymouth and Penzance may be cancelled, delayed or revised.
Customer Advice
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What has happened?
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We have been informed that a collapsing badger set has been identified under the railway in the Hayle area.
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What are we doing about it?
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We are working with Network Rail to be able to return to running our normal timetable as soon as possible..
We have stopped train movements in the area until staff are on site to investigate; they should be on site shortly.
Causing a headache down West this morning.
5Z12 turned around at Saltash and returned to Plymouth (was Pnz bound).
The other 175 test running today has been cancelled - nothing to do with badgers!
| Re: Badgers at Hayle Posted by GBM at 11:41, 17th November 2025 | |
Cancellations to services between Plymouth and Penzance
Following a safety inspection of the track earlier today at Hayle some lines have now reopened. Disruption is expected until 13:00 17/11.
Train services between Plymouth and Penzance are returning to normal but some services have been cancelled, delayed or revised.
| Re: Badgers at Hayle Posted by plymothian at 16:10, 17th November 2025 | |
There has been an emergency speed limit over this sett for ages, so potentially excess ground water has made it worse.
| Re: Badgers at Hayle Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:12, 17th November 2025 | |
We have been informed that a collapsing badger set has been identified under the railway in the Hayle area.
I have searched Google for a set of images of collapsing badgers, but I can't find any.
| Re: Badgers at Hayle Posted by a-driver at 20:08, 17th November 2025 | |
Badger set was first found in December 2024. Natural England were consulted but no work could be undertaken until it could be confirmed that the badgers were not a breeding pair. They're just awaiting a licence now and the badgers will soon be evicted and works to rectify the damage will be completed by the end of the year.
