RAIL services between Worcester and Hereford will be disrupted across two days this weekend to allow engineering work to be carried out.

West Midlands Railway will be putting on rail replacement buses between Worcester Shrub Hill and Hereford from 9.25pm on Saturday (June 8) and all day on Sunday June.

The following weekend, there will be the same arrangements in place, starting from 9pm on Saturday (June 15) and all day on the Sunday.

Services operated by Great Western Railway will also be affected by the closure, with rail replacement buses between Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill, Ashchurch for Tewkesbury and Cheltenham Spa.

Rail replacement buses will operate between Evesham, Pershore, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link, Great Malvern, Colwall, Ledbury and Hereford.

Buses will operate to an amended timetable and journeys will take longer than usual, so passengers are advised to check times at nationalrail.co.uk.