Category: MetroWest Phase 1a
MetroWest: slow progress
In FoSBR’s Autumn 2022 newsletter , FoSBR member John Walker wrote a “Tale of two metros” comparing the Devon Metro with the Bristol area’s MetroWest project. He made the point that the Devon Metro has raced ahead, whilst MetroWest plods forward making slow progress. MetroWest continues to plod, and since September there have been updates…
Portishead Railway: Just do it!
Councillors, residents and campaigners came to a FoSBR event to push home the message: Portishead Railway – Just do it!
Portishead railway: Yet another delay!
The Secretary of State for Transport has announced a delay of up to six months in the decision on the Portishead railway Development Consent Order. This is ‘to allow further consideration of environmental matters’. The Department for Transport has subsequently asked North Somerset District Council to provide specific details concerning the carbon budget for the…
Severn Beach Line – December 2021 timetable
The December 2021 timetable for the Severn Beach Line is a significant improvement on the current timetable, with a more frequent weekday service to Avonmouth and Severn Beach. The new timetable starts on Sunday 12th December. We are now within 12 weeks of this date, so service information should be correct on journey planners such…
Visit to Henbury station site
FoSBR met Cllr Mark Weston at the site of the new Henbury train station in August, to discuss the new station and other opportunities for the Henbury line.
Summer 2021 engineering works – Bristol East Junction and Temple Meads
Network Rail are remodelling Bristol East Junction, and fixing the roof at Temple Meads. This means changes to the summer timetable.
Rapid and Mass Transit news
In the last few days WECA and Bristol City Council have made public more details about transport planning in the area, including a bus-based rapid transit network and the as yet mode-agnostic mass transit system.
WECA Strategic Rail Investment Plan
WECA approved their 10 year delivery plan for Strategic Rail Investment at a meeting on 4th December 2020.
GRIPping News!
The Network Rail project project development process GRIP is being replaced by an improved process called PACE, according to Rail Magazine.
Latest JLTP4 – what does it mean for rail?
At the end of January WECA released the latest iteration of the Joint Local Transport Plan (JLTP4 2020-2036 January 2020). This document steers transport policy across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset until 2036. The document attracted publicity for its apparently conflicting aims. It mentions the climate emergency declared by…