embankment
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Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews responded to a crash involving a car which rolled down an embankment in Pengenffordd, Powys, at 19:45 GMT on 31 January.
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"We've planned these works carefully so that several essential upgrades, from tunnel repairs to platform extension work and embankment maintenance, can be delivered in one closure period."
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"The local landscape includes the M4 corridor and railway lines in cuttings and embankments," he said.
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The force of the crash pushed the carriages of the second train into an embankment, according to the transport minister.
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The force of the crash pushed the carriages of the second train into an embankment, according to Transport Minister Óscar Puente.
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