Category: Campaigns
WECA mobility hub survey
WECA are doing a mobility survey on how people travel in North Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Please help us by responding by 6th March 2022!
FoSBR AGM 2022: Report
The Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways (FoSBR) Annual General Meeting was held via Zoom on 28th Jan 2022. This is a brief report.
Celebrating the new Severn Beach Line timetable
FoSBR celebrated the new timetable at Severn Beach on 12th December. On weekdays there are now two trains per hour to Avonmouth, cross-city services and hourly trains to Severn Beach.
Celebrating half-hourly service on Severn Beach Line!
To celebrate the new half-hourly service on the Severn Beach line we’d like to invite you to take a trip with us to Severn Beach on Sunday 12th December 2021. This is the first day of the new timetable and the first step towards half hourly services at most local stations. This timetable also sees…
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…
Rails to Clevedon
Clevedon, 18km to the west of Bristol on the Bristol Channel coast, has a similar population to Portishead. Portishead should soon, finally, be reconnected to the national rail network. Gavin Smith of Transport for Greater Bristol makes the case that Clevedon should also have its rail connection restored: Link to Regional Hub Clevedon is at…
Stroudwater, Corsham and Tavistock stations
Campaigns to reopen three stations in the South West have received funding under Round 3 of the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund process. Stroudwater station, as well as Corsham station and the Tavistock line, will get money to support the development of their business cases. These in turn may be submitted to the Department for…
Net zero by 2030: Can local rail help?
We need to act rapidly if we are to avoid the worst effects of the climate emergency. There can be no doubt that unless we change the way we do things, and change quickly, the consequences for life on Earth will be dire. The current UK government target is to achieve ‘net zero’ by 2050.…
A trip down the Westerleigh Branch
On Saturday 11th September, UK Railtours ran a charter train to some freight lines of interest to FoSBR. Tina, Brendan, Carol & David of FoSBR went along for the ride, joining at Reading. Excursion route The tour “Only Freight Track and Horses” traversed Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol, Gloucestershire then back to London. It was planned to take in…
Severn Beach Craft Fayre and Family Fun Day
FoSBR provided a stall at the Severn Beach Craft Fayre and Family Fun Day on 4th September. It generated a lot of interest!