Category: Services
A ‘living’ station for Yate?
The Yate Town Improvement Masterplan was published in December 2021. This plan sets out how the town’s train station could be transformed into a ‘living’ station. Yate, together with Chipping Sodbury, is home to 35,000 people. It is situated 19km from the centre of Bristol and 18km from Bath. The station is on the western…
Covid-19 impact on local rail usage
The latest data from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) shows that passenger rail usage in 2020-21 (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021) was significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nationally, rail passenger journeys decreased 78% on the previous year. Media coverage focused on the fact that this was the lowest level of…
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…
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…
Severn Beach Line – December 2021 timetable
The December 2021 timetable for the Severn Beach Line is a significant improvement on the current timetable, with a more frequent weekday service to Avonmouth and Severn Beach. The new timetable starts on Sunday 12th December. We are now within 12 weeks of this date, so service information should be correct on journey planners such…
Plans to cut Bristol to Waterloo service
The Department for Transport plans to cut the through train service from Bristol, Keynsham, Bath, Bradford-on-Avon and Trowbridge to London (Waterloo) via Salisbury on 12th December 2021. Local rail user groups are coming together in the hope of reversing this. Well-used South Western Railway have been running up to five trains a day on their…
Four tracks from Bristol Parkway to Yate?
Network Rail say four tracks are needed between Bristol Parkway and Westerleigh Junction, Yate, to allow for planned service improvements.
Montpelier station
Carol Durrant and Tim Weekes of FoSBR met Councillor Tim Wye of Ashley Ward at Montpelier station in June. This was part of our outreach programme to introduce newly elected councillors to FoSBR. We talked about FoSBR’s Plan for Rail, with more services to more destinations forming the core of an integrated sustainable transport system for…
Bristol Rail Regeneration – Summer 2021
Most FoSBR members will know that the Bristol Rail Regeneration project gets into full swing this summer. During the eight week period from Saturday 10 July to Friday 3 September, Network Rail will replace Bristol East Junction with a new more flexible layout. This will pave the way for MetroWest suburban services, and make it…
Opportunities for improvement at Redland Station
FoSBR meet local Councillor Martin Fodor at Redland train station to discuss opportunities for improvement.