Category: News
Mass Transit for Bristol and Bath: Will we fail again?
Bristol Rail Campaign is concerned that the West of England’s aspiration for a mass transit system for Bristol and Bath is once again in danger of being thwarted by local politics. We have been here before. Will we fail again? A successful mass transit system must make extensive use of segregated routes if it is…
Shirehampton war horse sculpture unveiled
A new sculpture was unveiled on Saturday 16th September in the Daisy Field opposite Shirehampton Station. The War Horse is made entirely of horseshoes. The sculpture is a memorial to the many horses that transferred through Shirehampton Remount depot on their way to the front during World War One. The statue was crafted by Jason…
Cam & Dursley station – still an hourly service
Cam & Dursley station missed out on a service upgrade as part of the new (from May 2023) half-hourly Gloucester-Bristol Temple Meads service. The service remains hourly as every other train runs through stopping only at Yate, Bristol Parkway and Filton Abbey Wood. Passengers and community leaders around Cam & Dursley station are disappointed they…
Portway Park & Ride Station opens
Portway Park & Ride Station opened to the public on Tuesday 1st August 2023. A few FoSBR members caught the first train to stop there.
Ticket Office Closures: We say ‘No!’
FoSBR objects strongly to DfT plans to close all ticket offices in England. We think these proposals are poorly timed, have unrealistic timescales, discriminate against disabled people, and fail to guarantee service levels.
WESTlink Demand Responsive Transport services
WESTlink is a new service which has replaced around forty scheduled rural bus services in the West of England. It is a demand responsive transport (DRT) service, which is booked by telephone, online, or using a smartphone app. The background to WESTlink is discussed in detail in this article on Roger French’s ‘Bus and Train…
How could Severn Beach Line capacity be improved?
FoSBR support a higher frequency passenger service on the Severn Beach Line. How could capacity be improved?
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…
FoSBR AGM 2023
Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways (FoSBR) will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Friday, 24th March 2023. This year we will be holding the AGM ‘in person’ for the first time since 2020. The venue for this year’s AGM is the Alma Church Hall, 29 Alma Road, BS8 2ES, near Clifton Down station. The…
Bus Branch Lines
Bus Branch Lines are bus routes which link with rail services. GWR is promoting this method of feeding passengers into the rail network.