Category: MetroWest Phase 2
Ashley Down station reopening work starts!
Network Rail contractors BAM Nuttall started work on the site of the new Ashley Down train station at the end of February 2023. WECA hope that the new station will be completed in summer 2024. Valuable extra transport link West of England Mayor Dan Norris and Bristol City Council Cabinet Member for Transport Don Alexander…
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…
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.
Ashley Down station tour
FoSBR were given a tour of Ashley Down train station by Bristol City Council’s Transport Engagement Team. These pictures show what’s planned!
Ashley Down Station
Bristol City Council would like to hear people’s views about the proposed access arrangements for Ashley Down train station. This station is due to be reopened as part of MetroWest Phase 2 in 2023. The new station is located on the site of the previous Ashley Hill Station. The station will be used by the…
MetroWest plans extended to Gloucester and Westbury
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has announced plans to extend the scope of MetroWest. In the north, trains will terminate at Gloucester instead of Yate, and in the east trains from Severn Beach and Avonmouth will continue beyond Bath to Westbury. Proposals to extend MetroWest to Gloucester and Westbury have been on the…
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…
Brabazon Arena – planning application submitted
YTL has revealed details of the ambitious plans for YTL Arena Bristol in a planning application to transform the Brabazon hangars at Filton into a state-of-the-art venue. An impressive “Wembley Way”-style walkway will take visitors into the Arena. Concert-goers will walk up 36 “Brabazon Steps” and along the 75 metre-long bridge over the railway line…