| Castle Cary problems 17 October Posted by TaplowGreen at 10:14, 17th October 2026 |     |
Oh deer............
Cancellations to services at Castle Cary
Due to animals on the railway earlier today at Castle Cary the line towards Westbury is blocked.
Train services running through this station may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 12:00 17/10.
Customer Advice
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What has happened?
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A train struck a deer near Castle Cary and the line from Taunton to Westbury, Reading and London Paddington is blocked.
| Re: Castle Cary problems 17 October Posted by grahame at 10:51, 17th October 2026 | |
What has happened?
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A train struck a deer near Castle Cary and the line from Taunton to Westbury, Reading and London Paddington is blocked.
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A train struck a deer near Castle Cary and the line from Taunton to Westbury, Reading and London Paddington is blocked.
Sadly, the most common animals hit by trains. On something unrelated to this incident, I found some stats Network Rail has published a couple of years ago
"Deer" is shown as 350 (numerically) although without a time period for that number it's hard to judge. Those makes with "*" are my guessed break down with gave an overall number of "others" and listed types under it in what looked like quantity order. And, yes, I know swans are birds, but I think they separated them out.
