A heritage railway service has been cancelled due to extreme heat.
Cambrian Heritage Railways has cancelled its Timetable B service from Oswestry tomorrow (Wednesday, June 24) citing safety concerns for staff and customers as temperatures soared.
A post on the Cambrian Heritage Railways Facebook page said: "Our staff and customer welfare is very important to us as well as protecting our infrastructure and we feel that the risk in the extreme heats forecast, is too high for us to do this.
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"We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this decision.
"Passengers who have pre-booked tickets, will be contacted via email shortly with options available to them."
Oswestry Station and Oswestry Museum will remain open from 10.30am to 3pm for visitors seeking refreshments.
Services are expected to resume on Saturday, June 27 from 11am.
The Oswestry area is currently the subject of an amber weather warning for extreme heat which will remain in place until midnight on Thursday.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "A developing hot spell through Monday and Tuesday will likely lead to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure."
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