Category: Capacity
Westerleigh Junction
Named after the nearby village, Westerleigh Junction is where the Cross Country Route from York to Bristol Temple Meads meets the South Wales Main Line from London Paddington to Swansea. The line running north to south through Yate was part of the old Bristol & Gloucester railway which once continued through Mangotsfield, Staple Hill, and…
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…
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…
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…