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Monday 10th July 2017 SH (Editor)

Four-week railway closure from mid-August

Residents and railway users living in north Bristol are invited to find out more about the next stage in a crucial upgrade of the Great Western mainline. Network Rail is hosting a drop-in session in Stoke Gifford on Tuesday 11th July ahead of a four-week programme of work which will take place from Royal Wootton Bassett through to Bristol Parkway

Hatchet Road railway bridge, near Parkway Station, Stoke Gifford.

Saturday 17th June 2017 SH (Editor)

Hatchet Road bridge work requires overnight road closure on four weekends

Network Rail is advising road users who travel in the vicinity of Bristol Parkway Station to plan ahead as the Hatchet Road bridge is shut overnight for four consecutive Saturdays from this weekend (17th June) to allow crucial upgrade work to take place. The bridge needs to be closed to allow Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ to prepare the track for

Saturday 22nd April 2017 SH (Editor)

Parkway Station railway upgrade work moves to next phase

Network Rail has revealed further details about work it will soon be carrying out in and around Parkway Station, as part of the project to electrify the Great Western Mainline between London and South Wales. The next phase of the work will include: Stabilising the embankment next to the Filton line, known as the Filton East Curve Setting up a

Monday 13th March 2017 SH (Editor)

Drop-in event to reveal latest plans for railway work around Parkway Station

Local residents have been invited to attend a second drop-in event to find out more about upcoming work in and around Parkway Station, as part of the project to electrify the Great Western Mainline between London and South Wales. The event takes place on Tuesday 14th March at The Old School Rooms, North Road, Stoke Gifford BS34 8PD, from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. Network Rail says

Photo of the outside of a railway station.

Tuesday 14th February 2017 SH (Editor)

Plans go in for fourth platform at Bristol Parkway

Network Rail has submitted a planning application for proposed works at Bristol Parkway Station that include adding a fourth platform (to be designated ‘platform 1’) and extending the length of the three existing platforms (nos. 2, 3 and 4). The aim of the project is to enable two new London to Bristol services to operate each hour, in each direction,

Sunday 27th November 2016 SH (Editor)

Residents invited to Parkway Station drop-in event as electrification work approaches

Residents living near Bristol Parkway Station have been invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about upcoming work to prepare the Great Western Main Line for electrification as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers. The event will take place on Tuesday 29th November at the St

MetroBus network in north Bristol, showing proposed Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension.

Saturday 20th August 2016 SH (Editor)

Dismay over Hatchet Road bus lane decision

South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) decision to approve a scheme that involves ripping up mature hedgerows and scores of trees to install a new bus lane along one side of Hatchet Road has been greeted with dismay by local residents and councillors. With SGC’s own figures showing that the new southbound bus lane will reduce bus journey times by just 29

Indicative artist’s impression of proposals on Hatchet Road (looking north).

Tuesday 5th July 2016 SH (Editor)

Hatchet Road widening scheme to be discussed again by SGC

Controversial plans to widen Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford, to accommodate a new southbound bus lane for the proposed Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME), are to be considered again by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) at a meeting in Kingswood tomorrow (Wednesday 6th July). The CPME is an extension of the MetroBus network which will extend the North Fringe to Hengrove Package

Monday 25th April 2016 SH (Editor)

MetroBus Extension report recommends no change in Hatchet Road widening plan

A report on the results of the recent public consultation on preliminary designs for the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) is recommending that the scheme be progressed largely unaltered, despite scores of people registering objections to the proposed widening of Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford, in order to accommodate a new bus lane. The proposals require a strip of land to be

Indicative artist’s impression of proposals on Gipsy Patch Lane (looking east).

Monday 7th December 2015 SH (Editor)

Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension consultation launched

A consultation on preliminary designs for the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) has been launched by South Gloucestershire Council. The CPME is an extension of the North Fringe to Hengrove Package MetroBus route which, once complete, will connect to other MetroBus routes which are currently being built, including the South Bristol Link and Ashton Vale to Temple Meads. The council