The Dean Forest Railway has released a statement after an engineering train was involved in an incident this morning.

At around 10:55, the engineering train was involved in an incident, which also involved the Grade II listed bridge at St Mary’s Halt on the heritage railway.

No one has been harmed in the incident, but the railway’s staff and volunteers are now working with the Office of Rail and Road and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.

A reduced service will be in operation this weekend, between Norchard and Parkend and more information will be released soon.

The railways full statement said “At approximately 10:55 hours this morning (Thursday 14th August) there was an incident involving an engineering train and the Grade II listed bridge at St. Mary’s Halt on our line at the Dean Forest railway.

Thankfully, nobody was harmed by the incident, and our staff and volunteers are now working with the Office of Rail and Road and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.

We will be running a reduced service this weekend – half the line between Norchard and Parkend, and we will give further updates when we are able to do so.