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Photo of a number 19A bus jammed under Bristol Parkway railway bridge on 10th September 2019.

Wednesday 16th October 2019 SH (Editor)

Call for action as another bus strikes Parkway railway bridge

Stoke Gifford councillor Brian Allinson has repeated his demand for a separate pedestrian and cyclist tunnel to be constructed alongside Parkway railway bridge following another vehicle strike incident. The bridge is actually formed of two separate structures, a steel deck bridge to the Hatchet Road side and a brick arch bridge to the Brierly Furlong side. While the steel deck

The roof of a bus lies in the carriageway under the Parkway railway bridge following a bridge strike incident.

Tuesday 4th December 2018 SH (Editor)

Parkway bridge strike brings renewed calls for pedestrian tunnel

An incident in early November in which the roof of a double decker bus was sheared off as it passed under the Hatchet Road railway bridge near Parkway Station has brought renewed calls for a pedestrian subway to be created alongside the bridge. The bus involved in the collision is understood to have been hired by GWR to transport passengers