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Cable Car system for Bristol?
We await with interest details of a scheme by The Clifton Cable Company. They plan to build a gondola lift (or ‘cable car’) system in Bristol. The initial route is between the SS Great Britain and the Clifton Suspension Bridge, but there is potential for further expansion. Backers of this scheme estimate a cost of…
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FoSBR celebrate success of Filton Bank Four-tracking
On Friday 22nd February 2019, FoSBR held a “party” on the platform at Filton Abbey Wood railway station to celebrate the success of the four-tracking of Filton Bank. Network Rail completed the bulk of the engineering work in November 2018. The extra two tracks have resulted in a substantial improvement in recent reliability of local…
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Filton Bank reopens
On the morning of Monday 3 December Network Rail successfully completed the installation of two new railway lines between Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Temple Meads – doubling the number of lines into Temple Meads from two to four. This is marvellous news for which we have been waiting a long time. More reliable These…
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JLTP4
WECA, the West of England Combined Authority, have issued their draft Joint Local Transport Plan Version 4 (JLTP4). This has been prepared by WECA and the four West of England local councils: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. It takes account of the West of England Joint Spatial Plan (JSP)…
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Bristol Area Signalling Renewals and Enhancements (BASRE)
In April 2018 Network Rail completed the Bristol Area Signalling Renewals and Enhancements (BASRE) project, an upgrade of signalling in and around Bristol Temple Meads. They replaced 1970s analogue signalling with digital signalling equipment, to improve reliability, flexibility and resilience. As a result, most signals in Bristol are now controlled from a state of the…
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Henbury station location
In September 2015 the WECA Joint Transport Board confirmed the decision to progress with the Henbury Spur as part of MetroWest Phase 2 – but with the recommendation that the Henbury station be designed to permit conversion for a loop service if so required at a future date. Two options In November 2015, two options…
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Better links with South East Wales?
Peter Hendy’s interim report on the Union Connectivity Review was published in early March 2021. It specifically mentions the need for better links between Bristol and South East Wales.
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Severnside CRP Progress Report – good news and bad news
Severnside CRP’s annual report has good news about community initiatives, and bad news about local rail ridership falling during COVID-19
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Bedminster Station
Bedminster Station could be a very useful transport hub. New development will create a large number of homes within walking distance, but access needs to be improved.
A train every 15 minutes
FoSBR sees MetroWest as the core of an integrated transport network for the Bristol and Bath region. This requires a train every 15 minutes.
Historic Railway Structures at Risk
Highways England plan to infill or demolish historic railway bridges and tunnels without properly assessing if these structures could be re-used.
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