Work to repair the roof of Grade 1 listed Temple Meads train station will start this summer. Network Rail announced on 26th June that...
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Author: Tim Weekes
MetroWest plans extended to Gloucester and Westbury
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has announced plans to extend the scope of MetroWest. In the north, trains will terminate at Gloucester...
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Coronavirus: What future for sustainable transport?
Updated 26 June 2020 to reflect changes in social distancing rules. How can we reconcile investment in sustainable transport with the steps we need...
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Thornbury: Luke Hall responds
In February 2020, FoSBR member and Thornbury resident Chris P wrote to local MP Luke Hall. Chris wanted to know what Luke was doing...
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FoSBR AGM 2020: A brief report
This is a brief report of the FoSBR AGM, on 14th Feb 2020. Chair Rob Dixon summarised another busy year. FoSBR has had much...
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Cardiff Metro
Cardiff is lucky. Much of its local railway network consists of the Valley Lines, which survived Beeching and continued into the 1980s because they...
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FoSBR AGM 2020
Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways (FoSBR) will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Friday, 14th February 2020. We apologise for the fact that...
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Severn Beach line tops 1.4 million passengers
Figures from GWR published by Severnside Community Rail Partnership show that usage of the Severn Beach line reached a new high of 1,407,102 journeys...
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HS2
HS2 is controversial, and it’s not on our patch. The easy option would be for FoSBR to stay neutral. But HS2 matters to everyone,...
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MetroBus: a waste of money?
James Freeman, MD of First West of England, has stated in an open letter that MetroBus may have been a waste of money because...
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